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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In this EXTENDED interview, Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about his autobiographical novel, “My Struggle,” as well as his unorthodox approach to writing.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

NBA superstar LeBron James is coming home to Cleveland. So what does it mean for his fans in this blighted rust belt area?  Charles Monroe-Kane talks with his fellow Northeast Ohio comrade, journalist David Giffels.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are we alone in the universe?  Almost certainly not.   The young science of astrobiology is closing in on a discovery that will rock our world:  there IS life beyond earth.  New telescopes, new missions, and new discoveries in outer space and in the most remote areas of our own planet all point to one conclusion.  Extra terrestrial life exists, and we're very close to finding it.   Science writer Marc Kaufman explains what's changed.

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Kevin Sheppard on playing basketball in Iran.

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Alan Dale says laughing at slapstick is - at its heart - an expression of our sympathy with TV and film characters who get hurt. He says it's also relief that, for once, it's not us in pain.

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In this EXTENDED interview, Adam Mansbach talks about his new novel, "Rage is Back." 

 

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Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city. 

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Cognitive researcher Douglas Hofstadter explains how gendered words and phrases — like using "guys" to refer to mixed company — can oftentimes reinforce sexist attitudes.

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