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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

In this EXTENDED interview, Adam Mansbach talks about his new novel, "Rage is Back." 

 

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A ghost story from listener Sophia Derbes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Ranft says the oceans are teeming with noises and plays Jim Fleming a few examples from snapping shrimp to amorous haddock and walruses.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cognitive researcher Douglas Hofstadter explains how gendered words and phrases — like using "guys" to refer to mixed company — can oftentimes reinforce sexist attitudes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jim Fleming explores Wisconsin’s Cave of the Mounds with Marcia Bjornerud, author of “Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Chabon defends the position that genre fiction is just as worthy of respect as any other fiction.

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