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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuro-biologist Steven Rose says that new research and new therapy techniques raise new ethical questions that we should address now.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Helen Turrner is the "Queen of Barbecue," the owner and pitmaster of Helen's Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, Tennessee. She's one of the few women pitmasters.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Why aren't there more realistic portrayals of scientists in literary fiction?  Cell biologist and novelist Jennifer Rohn founded LabLit.com, a website that's at the center of the new movement calling for more and better science in fiction. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson talks with writers and editors about the enduring influence of Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Suzan Colon tells Anne Strainchamps how her grandparents kept their spirits alive while times were tough.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Thebe Medupe is an astrophysicist and producer of the documentary film "Cosmic Africa." He tells Anne Strainchamps about spending time with the Kalahari Bushmen...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Tom Carson is a novelist, television critic and the author of “Gilligan’s Wake.”  He talks about blending James Joyce’s classic “Finnegan’s Wake” with those seven wacky castaways from “Gilligan’s Island.”

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Sherman Alexie is one of America’s most acclaimed young writers with strong opinions about what it means to be a “real” Indian.

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