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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Clyde Prestowitz tells Jim Fleming that India has an educated, skilled work force and can do business in English, so it's cashing in thanks to an internet-based economy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Erin Morgenstern has written a dark fairy tale for adults.  At the center of the novel is a magical circus.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniyal Mueenuddin divides his time between the United States and Pakistan...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rehman here. This story quite literally hit close to home for me. I grew up just about an hour away from the suburb it takes place in, and until working on this story, I never would have imagined that building a mosque could be so controversial, especially in a place as cosmopolitan as Chicago. Standing under its massive dome, I was struck by the odd realization that a building could simultaneously be a haven and source of community for some, and symbol of fear and hatred for others. Though the story took place more than a decade ago, it seems we’re still wrestling with many of the same questions around religious inclusion and American identity.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When it comes to loyalty, dogs win. Now, new evidence suggests dogs and early humans formed an alliance 36,000 years ago.  Together, they drove Neanderthals to extinction, then invaded and conquered the rest of the planet. 

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Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.

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Award-winning radio producer David Freudberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about what narratives mean to people and how to construct a narrative.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker, recommends E.O. Wilson's "The Meaning of Human Existence."

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