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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alex Kerr tells Jim Fleming that the administration of daily life in Japan is completely divorced from politics and that Japan spends some 40 percent of its budget on construction.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne-Marie Schleiner is one of the creators of Velvet-Strike, an on-line modification for the game Counter-Strike. Schleiner’s goal is to introduce messages of peace into a violent game.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Margaret Atwood talks about her new novel, "MaddAddam."

You can also listen to their UNCUT conversation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Shortly before he was three, Ron Suskind's son was diagnosed with a rare form of autism that left him withdrawn and silent. Years later, the family used Disney films to draw him out. Ron Suskind writes about it in his book, Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jim Fleming talks with Anna Quindlen about writing newspaper columns and writing novels. Quindlen believes both forms deserve respect.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In EXTENDED interview, Al Gore talks with Steve Paulson about his book “The Future,”  why he believes the Internet is the most powerful tool ever created by humans, and why he’s hopeful about our capacity to deal  with climate change.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson talks with philosopher Alva Noe, author of "Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness."

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