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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marc Maron says he was washed up. Career? Over. 

So he set up a microphone in his garage and starting talking with - and sometimes apologizing to - his fellow comedians.

That's when things started turning around.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Stephen Cave talks about his book, "Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Jacqueline Mitchard was one of the judges for the 2002 National Book Awards.  She talks about the experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Howard Zehr talks about restorative justice. The goal is to repair the harm done to the victims of crime so that the final outcome is positive for both victim and offender.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Isabel Allende talks about what happened on September 11, 1973, when a military coup in Chile overthrew her uncle, Salvador Allende.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If the sea has a voice, how can we learn to hear it?  James MacManus chews on that question in his first novel, “The Language of the Sea.” 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Name a problem and Washington seems unable to solve it. Poverty. Climate change. Unemployment. Immigration. Education. Enter the mayor.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jack Vitek tells Anne Strainchamps that Generoso Pope was inspired by people's fascination with the gruesome.

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