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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jerome Charyn tells Steve Paulson about some of the great ping-pong matches of the past and reflects on the worldwide popularity of the game.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rob Brezsny is a poet, musician, astrologer and the author of “Pronoia Is the Antidote to Paranoia.” He tells Anne Strainchamps that pronoia sees the world as fundamentally friendly...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In his new book, "Dataclysm," OkCupid co-founder and president Christian Rudder pores through online data to reveal some surprising truths about our society. He told Sara Nics what he discovered about people's dating preferences and race relations by looking at data from Facebook and Google.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Martin Seligman is the former president of the American Psychological Association.  He tells Jim Fleming about his philosophy of “Positive Psychology.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Will we ever understand the true nature of dark matter and dark energy?  Harvard cosmologist Lisa Randall considers these and other great mysteries in physics.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Wright tells Steve Paulson that the history of monotheism was shaped by the political events of the turbulent ancient Middle East and that Jesus was not a prophet of peace but a typical Jewish apocalyptic preacher obsessed with the approaching End Times.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Perry is proud to be a Wisconsin writer.  He writes with humor and grace about his life there in the books, "Population: 485," and "Truck: A Love Story."  So, what's life like, as a writer from the Midwest?

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