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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Katha Pollitt's Dangerous Idea?  Your child is not a special snowflake.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Benjamin Kunkel bookmarks Herman Daly's "Steady-State Economics."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles Dwyer on art with his homeless neighbor - Jerry Pfeil.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If human beings are part neanderthal, Brian Fagan tells Jim Fleming the rest of us is something else - Cro-Magnon.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The documentary, "Examined Life," features eight prominent philosophers, including Cornel West, Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek and Judith Butler.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The marriage of David and Kristen Finch was falling apart when Kristen asked Dave to take the "Aspie quiz."  It turns out Dave has Asperger Syndrome.  They talk about how the diagnosis changed their lives.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Welcome to the wonderful, wild mind of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct the acclaimed films "Brazil," "Time Bandits" and "12 Monkeys." In an interview that can only be described as "Gilliamesque," Doug Gordon talks to the comedy legend.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

NPR's Eric Nuzum reveals his lifelong fear of ghosts in a haunting new memoir, “Giving Up The Ghost” – the story of his troubled teenage years, suicidal fantasies and conviction that he was being stalked by the ghost of a little girl. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks with Anne Strainchamps about depression, friendship, and what it means to be haunted.  

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