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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When President Obama took office, the Democratic Party was riding high, and the Republican Party, some thought, was on its way out. No one paid much attention to the Tea Party. Times have changed.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Kimmelman talks with Steve Paulson about making your life a work of art.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is there a science of rap?  Pioneering neuroscientist Charles Limb has put freestyle rappers inside brain-scanning machines, and he's seen an explosion of neural activity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What made Lincoln a great president?  Was he a closet racist?  We hear short interviews with Lincoln historians Doris Kearns Goodwin, Orville Vernon Burton and John Stauffer.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Mike Magnuson used to like being a lummox. Then he took up bicycling, and changed his life.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dominican-born writer Junot Diaz -- the MacArthur genius, Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written some of some of the most brilliant contemporary fiction about the immigrant experience. 

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Autism's a tricky diagnosis. And its causes are also mysterious. Harvard Medical School neurologist Martha Herbert t advocates a whole-body approach, which looks at environmental toxins, vitamin deficiencies and immune problems.

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In this UNCUT interview, Jonah Lehrer talks about his new book, “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” Turns out, we can all learn to be more creative. 
 
 

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