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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ray Kurzweil believes we'll soon have tiny computers embedded in our brains.  He says we're on the verge of a new era in evolution - a fusion of biology and machine technology.

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Is your marriage passionate? Can we feel thrilled by the same person we look to for intimacy and security?

Esther Perel says, "Yes." She's the author of Mating in Captivity.

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Allen Long is a former dope-smuggler and the subject of Robert Sabbag’s book “Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail.”  Anne Strainchamps interviewed them a week apart. 

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When we think of slavery, many of us think of it as an historic trauma—something in the past that the nation"overcame" to become what it is today. But according to Edward Baptist, the instution of slavery drove the economic development and modernization of the United States, and laid the groundwork for American capitalism as we know it today.

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NPR Cultural Critic Neda Ulaby helps Jim Fleming unravel the complications of the 2006 film "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story."

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Jennifer Hecht is the author of “Funny” – a book of poems based on jokes.

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Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."

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Joshua Wolf Shenk talks about his book, "Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs."

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