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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The evidence is mounting... "we" are mostly who we think we are. Our identities are mental constructs, cobbled together from memory and stories. Jonathan Adler gives us a crash course in narrative identity and mental health. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pierre Ferrari is one of the founders of TeamX, a clothing company with a social conscience.  He tells Jim Fleming that the company limits executive salaries to eight times the salary of the lowest paid worker.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor nearly died from a massive stroke at the age of 37.  The experience taught her life lessons on how the mind perceives the world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nicholson Baker's latest novel is called "The Anthologist." Baker tells Anne Strainchamps the book's about a writer who longs to be a poet.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonathan Lethem's new novel is "Chronic City." The book has been described as a cross between the famous borough-centric New Yorker cartoon and the darkest episode of "Seinfeld."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paul Feig is the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series “Freaks and Geeks.”  He says that the show (which is no longer on the air) was based on his real-life adolescence.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laura Sessions Stepp tells Jim Fleming that sports are good for kids and that all kids need something to be passionate about.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ralph Nader says he knows how to fix the United States. If he could just get a few super rich people to give him $15 billion, he's got a plan for how to get it done.

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