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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eoin Colfer is the author of the Artemis Fowl books.  There are five of them now. The latest on is called "The Lost Colony."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In all this talk about the future, we should probably remember that the past repeats itself. 

That’s one themes that runs through “Children of the Days,” the latest book from the lauded Latin American author, Eduardo Galeano.

You can also listen to the extended version of Steve's conversation with him.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Father Thomas Keating is considered by some people one of the world's greatest living mystics.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eula Biss recommends "The Argonauts" by Maggie Nelson.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. She tells stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

He's produced albums for Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and Foo Fighters. After decades in the business, Butch Vig says that new technologies are changing the music industry.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Catherine Austin Fitts was the Federal Housing Commissioner and Assistant Secretary of Housing under the first Bush administration. She managed a Wall Street investment firm and is now president of Solari, Inc.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

DBC Pierre won this year’s Booker Prize for his novel, “Vernon God Little.” Pierre reads from the book and talks about it and about his own tangled past.

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