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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dominican-born writer Junot Diaz -- the MacArthur genius, Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written some of some of the most brilliant contemporary fiction about the immigrant experience. 

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joe Kelly runs a national organization called Dads and Daughters.  He gives Steve Paulson some advice for fathers whose daughters are hitting puberty. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lesley Kagen was a Milwaukee girl.  But she blew off Wisconsin for the bright lights of LA, where she lived for 10 years.  But despite the lures of California, something about Milwaukee kept calling her home.

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?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Scalzi came through our studios in May when his collection "The Human Division" was just out. Jim's a huge fan. He got to sit down for this EXTENDED conversation with Scalzi.

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Carthusian order of Monks believe in complete withdrawal from the world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The stereotype of photojournalists is that they’re adrenaline junkies.  Risk takers.  But they're often surprisingly humble about their work -- maybe because their job is to erase themselves, to become the lens that lets us see the world.  Here photojournalist Brendan Bannon talks about finding beauty in the midst of suffering and about a photo he took at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. 

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