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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Film-maker Shu Kei tells Steve Paulson about his film, “A Queer Story.”  It’s the story of a gay couple in Hong Kong, and created a lot of discomfort for its straight audiences.

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

Stephen Greenblatt tells Steve Paulson he thinks Shakespeare’s father was a drunk, leaving Will with complex feelings about alcohol.

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

William Gibson talks about his first collection of nonfiction, "Distrust That Particular Flavor."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson filed this report on his experience at Cambridge University with comments from Ken Wilber, E.O. Wilson, Karen Armstrong, and Richard Dawkins.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Susan Casey, author of "The Wave," tells Jim Fleming about the recent research into the phenomenon of mammoth ocean waves.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rupert Sheldrake may be the most famous scientific heretic in the modern world. On the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn’s landmark book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” Sheldrake does his own paradigm busting.  In this UNCUT interview, he tells Steve why he believes scientific dogmas are preventing real intellectual inquiry.

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