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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

So maybe you're not going to be the next Richard Pryor. 

Even if you don't get many more laughs, you can laugh more. Katie West tells us how.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Linguist John McWhorter says all six thousand contemporary languages evolved from a single source and that there’s no such thing as a pure language.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Robert Karen, author of “The Forgiving Self: The Road from Resentment to Connection,” tells Jim Fleming that forcing kids to apologize when they’re not really sorry is a bad idea.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christian Rudder, the founder of OKCupid, thinks cupid’s arrow may just be an algorithm.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer and writing coach Natalie Goldberg tells Anne Strainchamps how two of the most important men in her life - her father and her Zen master – failed her.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mary Karr's latest memoir is called "Lit" and chronicles her alcoholism and alcoholic family.

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.

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