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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

William Irwin tells Steve Paulson how philosophical questions echo throughout popular culture with several examples from Seinfeld and The Simpsons.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Film critic Roger Ebert’s written a book called “The Great Movies” in which he describes 100 films he thinks make the cut. Among them is Richard Lester’s film of the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night.”  Ebert talks about why that film is so important.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Terri Jentz is the author of "Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself," talks with Anne Strainchamps.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ward Cunningham invented the wiki in 1995. Can the wiki way save the internet?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthropologist Scott Atran has spent a decade interviewing jailed suicide bombers and jihadist military leaders.  He says religious terrorists are motivated by the many of the same human values celebrated in every culture:  brotherhood, loyalty, and the dream of a better world. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sheenagh Pugh talked to Anne Strainchamps about sequels, but in her case the sequels are written by fans.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Todd Boyd tells Anne Strainchamps it's time for the Black Community to let go of the dusty lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and embrace the ideals of hip hop.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Provocative scholar and literary critic Stanley Fish tells Steve Paulson that he admires the bluntness and strength of conviction shown in the writing of John Milton.

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