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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

NY Times film critic Manohla Dargis selects her favorite film of the year:  Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," filmed over the course of 12 years.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuroscientist Richie Davidson has developed an entirely new model for understanding the science of emotions.  He talks about this paradigm shift and the personal journey that led to it. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Celtic historian John Matthews tells Steve Paulson that Merlin probably was a real person and that wizards are related to our ancient shamans.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 

Food is certainly the most palatable expression of culture, and the most easily shared.
 
LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold has spent his career seeking out the best plates of authentic – or reinterpreted - culture. In this UNCUT interview, he talks with Anne Strainchamps about food in translation.
 
It'll get your stomach growling, so have some snacks handy!
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mark Connelly tells Steve Paulson that Christmas gives people the same kind of emotional satisfaction they seek from the movies, so it’s a perfect match.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marvin Minsky tells Steve Paulson he believes machine intelligence is very like human intelligence and that one day people may choose to back themselves up into computers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The press has been pumping out opinion pieces about selfies. One of the biggest debates is, what do they say about self-esteem? We turned to the psychologists… 

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