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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maybe Mr. Rogers was right and every neighbor is a potential friend – someone worth inviting over, getting to know.  On the other hand, maybe the weird guy next door will turn out to be Jeffrey Dahmer.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

"Shock Doctrine" journalist Naomi Klein's Dangerous Idea?  Democratize the world's energy supply.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For thousands of years, people have been telling stories about magical woods and enchanted forests.  Writer and mythographer Marina Warner talks about the forest in human memory and imagination.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is marriage great literary material?  That’s the question Jeffrey Eugenides plays with in his novel, “The Marriage Plot”. It’s a story about how reading can shape young minds. 

In this UNCUT interview, Steve Paulson talks with Eugenides about marriage, love, reading, the spiritual quest,...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer and activist Yasmin Nair's Dangerous Idea? Writers should always 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Landis talks about his new book, "Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares."

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