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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Mamet talks with Steve Paulson and says the secret to writing a successful screenplay is to focus on what happens next. That's all the audience cares about.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Biologist Elisabet Sahtouris left her teaching job to go live on a Greek island and re-think her life as a scientist.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Codebreaker, a new film by Patrick Sammon, tells the story of the brilliant life and tragic death of Alan Turing.  He died at age 41, having revolutionized our world by inventing the first computer programs -- and then computers themselves. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ever wonder why certain foods fall out of favor? In his book “The Gluten Lie” Alan Levinovitz argues that food has become akin to a modern religion for a lot of us, complete with its own set of rules, prohibitions and guiding beliefs.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Denby of The New Yorker tells Steve Paulson that Pauline Kael was the most remarkable person he’s ever known.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Reporter Benson Gardner visited several raves for this report on the music, the drug use, the participants and the response from the community.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In this UNCUT interview, novelist Deborah Harkness talks about studying the history of magic, and then transforming history into fiction.

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