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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher David Chalmers is famous for outlining the "hard problem of consciousness."  He says the materialist framework of science will never be able to explain subjective experience. 

You can listen to the EXTENDED interview - and find the transcript - here.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jungian analyst David Lindorff is the author of "Pauli and Jung: The Meeting of Two Great Minds."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Where's the line between craft, art and design? The head of research at London's Victoria and Albert Museum says, at heart, craft is about "showing your commitment to an idea."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Olivia Laing's Dangerous Idea? Loneliness is a gift.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Angie da Silva is a historian of black cultural life in the United States, going back to the Civil War. She collects stories, both through oral history and archival research. But she's not merely a writer. She brings these stories to life through historical reenactment, often as a slave character she's created named Lila.  She says that the stories she hears and tells are too often left out of our history books.

In this interview, she talks about her work and tells the story of Mary Meachum, a free black abolitionist who worked on the Mississippi in St. Louis.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens tells Steve Paulson that Orwell got it right about imperialism, fascism and communism.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cathy N. Davidson is the author of "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn."  She tells Anne Strainchamps why "attention blindness" matters.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologists John and Julie Gottman are famous for being able to predict with 94% accuracy whether a couple will break up, stay together unhappily, or stay together happily. In their Love Lab, they've identified hidden patterns of behavior that can strengthen or weaken relationships. If we'd known the secret to a good marriage was non-linear differential equations, we might have paid more attention in math class.

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