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Anne Strainchamps reports on the new vogue for hand-made goods in America. She visits a major crafts show and speaks with vendors and shoppers, including the authors of "Handmade Nation" who also made a documentary film with the same title. Anne also speaks with Betsy Greer, author of "Knitting for Good!"
Jessica Helfand is the author of "Scrapbooks: An American History." She tells Jim Fleming that people constructed unique personal narratives out of whatever materials were at hand, long before there was a scrapbooking business to help them. These old scrapbooks are both precious and beautiful.
Kelly Lambert, author of "Lifting Depression: A Neuro-scientist's Approach to Activating Your Brain's Healing Power," tells Anne Strainchamps about her brain research into how using both hands on crafts projects can be as beneficial to the body as taking psychoactive medication.
Leonard Todd wrote "Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave" to explore the history of two families - Potter Dave's and his own. Todd's ancestors owned Potter Dave during America's slavery days. Todd tells Steve Paulson some of the story and something about Dave's pots and his poetry.
To the Best of Our Knowledge is an audio magazine of ideas - two hours of smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds.
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