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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What turns you on?

Sure, there are the obvious answers: beauty, brains, braun. But human sexuality is a complicated business. Studying it is more complicated still. That was, until the internet came along.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Thug Kitchen is a wildly popular, foul-mouthed vegan food blog.  The formerly anonymous writers have just come out with a cookbook and revealed their identities.  Michelle Davis and Matt Holloway are a white couple from L.A.   Now they're fielding questions about the racial politics of the way they write about food.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scott A. Lukas is a cultural anthropologist and a former trainer at Six Flags Astroworld in Houston.  He's also the author of "Theme Park," which chronicles the evolution of the theme park.

Scott Lukas' website.

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What have the recent leaks about the NSA's surveillance program have revealed? In this EXTENDED interview, computer scientist and independent scholar Susan Landau gives us her perspective, and weighs in on the questions of inquiries, and checks and balances.

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Jamie Coots, the pastor at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus’ Name, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake he was handling during a church service. We interviewed him a few weeks before his death.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Film-maker Walter Williams created the “Mr. Bill” character for “Saturday Night Live.”  He was born and raised in New Orleans and has thought a lot about the natural history of his hometown.

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Timothy James Castle tells Jim Fleming how he brews the perfect cup of coffee. He says for the real coffee experience, drink it black without milk or flavors.

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Simon Rich talks about his new collection of humorous short stories, "Spoiled Brats."

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