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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter Carey's  novel "True History of The Kelly Gang" has been described as "a spectacular feat of literary ventriloquism."  Carey tells Steve Paulson that's because he wrote the book in another voice.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Martin Amis talks with Jim Fleming about his new novel, "House of Meetings" and the legacy of Stalin on Russia.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster says that she’s been step dancing and playing the fiddle since she was a child.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

With federal immigration reform discussions stalled, we're thinking about borders this week. One project is tyring to put a face to the rising number of children who are making the journey alone, and illegally, into the United States. Encarni Pindado is Director of MigraZoom, which helps migrants tell their own migration experience through photos.

See a slideshow of MigraZoom photos.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist who risked his life reporting for the New York Times from his homeland -- Waziristan, in the heart of Taliban-controlled Pashtun area.   He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, but had to leave his country.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Rodriguez tells Steve Paulson why he celebrates being brown and says Hispanics are the first minority to self-identity by culture rather than race.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jason Pfaff wants to eat in every single Denny’s.  He’s made it to a few hundred so far.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Suppose you drank too much at that party last night and some embarrassing pictures of you got posted on Facebook. Do you have a right to delete them? In Europe, you now have that legal right. But Georgetown University's Meg Jones says Americans are still sorting out conflicting demands for privacy and free speech in the digital age.

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