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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mary Walsh has made a career out of comedy. Still, she's not quite sure she's funny. 

Listen in as she talks about political humor, sketch comedy and why it might be easier for outsiders to find funny.

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Long before the Occupy movement made headlines, writer Dean Bakopoulos foreshadowed it in a darkly comic novel called My American Unhappiness. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

From the tiniest microscopic particles to some of the biggest structures on earth, the new science of astrobiology is leading the way to the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe.  Dimitar Sasselov explains why the creation of the world's first artificial cells will revolutionize lifeon our planet.

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Azhar Usman is a comedian who's appearing on the "Allah Made Me Funny! Official Muslim Comedy Tour."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Walter Kirn bookmarks "The Dog of the South" by Charles Portis.

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Daniel Tammet has memorized the number pi into the tens of thousands of digits.  He's learned new languages in a few weeks.  He describes the gift - and the burden - of being an autistic savant.

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Drew Gilpin Faust's latest book, This Republic of Suffering, explores one of the most sobering aspects of the Civil War: its colossal death toll.

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