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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jon Ronson was assigned by The Guardian newspaper to find out how easy it would be to build a dirty bomb. So he did.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paleo-anthropologist John Hawks talks about how we continue to evolve--changes that can be seen in the bones of modern humans.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is marriage great literary material?  That’s the question Jeffrey Eugenides plays with in his novel, “The Marriage Plot”. It’s a story about how reading can shape young minds. 

In this UNCUT interview, Steve Paulson talks with Eugenides about marriage, love, reading, the spiritual quest,...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer and activist Yasmin Nair's Dangerous Idea? Writers should always 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Would you like to sharpen your memory?  Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What's it like to hang out with the U.S. president?  Journalist Michael Lewis found out when he shadowed Barack Obama for 8 months, even playing in one of Obama's pick-up basketball games. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Price has a hit with his novel "Lush Life." It's a crime story, but Price says his book has nothing to do with detective fiction or any other genre.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jan Harold Brunvand reviews some of his favorite urban legends for Steve Paulson and explains that they always happened to a friend of a friend.

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