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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Tom Matthews' first novel, “Like We Care,” tells what happens when some teenagers simply stop spending money on all the stuff that’s marketed to them.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scott Weidensaul talks with Jim Fleming about several animals that have turned up after their species was thought to be extinct.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Olivia Laing says John Cheever's "The Swimmer" is one of the finest short stories every written. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Simon Montefiore is the author of “Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar.”  He says Stalin was more complex than we thought, but still a monster.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Stephen Marche is the author of "How Shakespeare Changed Everything." He tells Anne Strainchamps why he thinks Shakespeare is the most important figure in history.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the concept of "The Dreaming" means an existence with no linear time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Susan Corso is the author of “God’s Dictionary: Divine Definitions for Everyday Enlightenment.” She tells Jim Fleming about spiritual etymology and how she interprets the root meanings of words to come up with her definitions.

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