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#1556: Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth | The Best Of Our Knowledge
Nearly five million young people, more than 10 percent of youth aged sixteen to twenty-four, experience entry into adulthood as abrupt abandonment. This week...

#1555: Demagogue – The Life Of Senator Joe McCarthy | The Best Of Our Knowledge
On this week’s The Best Of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk about the new biography Demagogue – The Life and Long Shadow Of Senator Joe...

#1554: The Segregationist History Of School Choice | The Best Of Our Knowledge
Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear about the segregationist history of the school choice movement. School choice has been an explosive...

#1553: Deepwater Horizon: 10 Years Later | The Best Of Our Knowledge
The Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig exploded in April of 2010. But it was 10 years ago this month that the oil began showing...

#1552: The Slave Who Went To Congress | The Best Of Our Knowledge
This week on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we speak with the authors of a new picture book The Slave Who Went To Congress....

#1551: Birds, Books & Technology | The Best Of Our Knowledge
On this week’s The Best Of Our Knowledge, we discuss birds, a pre-k book program, and terrifyingly awesome technology. Dr. Kevin McGowan is an...