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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

First it was farm-to-table, now the latest wave in food is wild. Hunter, angler, gardener and cook Hank Shaw is part of shaping the return to wild foods. In this EXTENDED interview with Sara Nics, he talks deep fried duck tongues and why wild food tastes better. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Salman Rushdie lives in New York. The day before the terrorist attack, he talked with Steve Paulson about his new book, “Fury.”

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John Cleese gave us Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, the Ministry of Silly Walks, and the neurotic hotel manager in Fawlty Towers.  He looks back over it all in his new memoir, "So, Anyway."

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Film critic Roger Ebert on the glories of black and white films

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Stephen Greenblatt tells the remarkable story of how the discovery of an ancient poem helped launch the Scientific Revolution.  Also, an excerpt from Lucretius' poem "On the Nature of Things."

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City planner and urban historian Tom Martinson tells Steve Paulson why the suburbs are a great place to live.

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Celebrated jazz pianist Vijay Iyer has a Ph.D. in music cognition and the rare ability to describe the interplay between music and the brain.  We talk with Vijay and listen to his music.

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G. Willow Wilson just won the World Fantasy Award for her novel, “Alif the Unseen”.  Also, Marvel Comics is launching a new Muslim girl super-hero and Willow will be the series’ writer.

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