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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Miranda Carter is the author of the biography “Anthony Blunt.” She talks about how Blunt became involved in the Cambridge spy ring and why he decided not to defect to the Soviet Union.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paul Collins describes his experience as an antiquarian bookseller in the Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye in his book “Sixpence House.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christian and Muslim traditions often involve the afterlife. Is it as important to the Jewish people?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mary Lefkowitz is the author of “Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths.”  She says that the Greek gods seem too much like us to impress most modern people.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Margot Peters is the author of “Design for Living” - a biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Economist Juliet Schor co-founded The Center for a New American Dream.  Among her many proposals to fix the economy:  create more jobs by adopting a 30-hour work week and 3-day weekend.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We hear a clip from the 2007 film "When Nietzsche Wept" which introduces the concept of "eternal recurrence."

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