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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jim Divita tells Jim Fleming about the dystopian society he's created and why he's afraid that something like it could happen to our world. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

K.C. Cole is working on a book about her friend Frank Oppenheimer. Frank was barred from practicing physics during the McCarthy era, and was deeply troubled by the devastation of the bomb.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake may wield more power over the economy than anyone else, even though he was never elected.  Washington Post journalist Neil Irwin takes us inside the elite club of the world's leading central bankers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In 2009, Eric Glatt did the unthinkable for an unpaid intern — he sued his employer, Fox Searchlight Pictures, alleging that they violated the Labor Department's standards for internships. He describes why he believes unpaid internships threaten workers everywhere.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For centuries, the oddities of nature - like two-headed cats and conjoined twins - fascinated people.  Science historian Lorraine Daston says a history of wonders is to some degree a history of pre-modern science.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Patricia O’Connor tells Jim Fleming there’s nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive and that people should stop trying to make English behave like Latin.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

How do modern societies compare to hunter gatherer cultures? In "The World Until Yesterday," Jared Diamond, explores our radically different values - on everything from childrearing to what we think about strangers. Here's Steve's EXTENDED interview with Diamond. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maurice Sendak's new book, “Brundibar” is a collaboration with playwright Tony Kushner. It’s a story about confronting evil, based on events from the Holocaust.

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