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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maryann Kellman tells us her Depression story.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

It's flu season. While you stock up on vitamin C, zinc and herbal tea, you might also want to pick up a copy of historian Erika Janik’s brand new book, “Marketplace of the Marvelous --  The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine.”

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Joanna Trollope reads from "Second Honeymoon" and talks about why the empty nest syndrome is particularly difficult for women.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are we alone in the universe?  Almost certainly not.   The young science of astrobiology is closing in on a discovery that will rock our world:  there IS life beyond earth.  New telescopes, new missions, and new discoveries in outer space and in the most remote areas of our own planet all point to one conclusion.  Extra terrestrial life exists, and we're very close to finding it.   Science writer Marc Kaufman explains what's changed.

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Michael Dickinson tells Jim Fleming about the robotic fly he’s building.  Dickinson thinks flies are amazingly sophisticated flying machines.

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He talks about his new CD, "Sorry We're Open," and his future projects.

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Jeanine Basinger tells Anne Strainchamps how the movie studios manufactured stars from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city. 

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