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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Stanley Coren tells Jim Fleming how the modern dog developed and why they have such an important place in people's lives.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sherman Alexie is one of America’s most acclaimed young writers with strong opinions about what it means to be a “real” Indian.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson reports on the tremendous influence and great power of the Pulitzer Prize winning Michiko Kakutani.  She’s the provocative and controversial daily book reviewer for the New York Times.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A film from the point-of-view of the perpetrators, not the victims, of the 1965 killing of over 1,000,000 suspected Communists in Indonesia.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuroscientists say that about a quarter of our mental energy is dedicated to maintaining our narrative identities. Julian Keenan says there's got to be an evolutionary benefit for all that "self".

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sarah Winchester (born 1840) was the heiress to the Winchester Estate with a 50% holding of the Winchester Repeating Rifle Company. She used her vast fortune to construct a mansion for 38 consecutive years.

Popular legend held that she was cursed by all those who were killed by Winchester rifles. The only way to alleviate her suffering was to continue to add on to her mansion, filling it with strange sealed rooms and staircases and corridors leading nowhere. Pamela Haag tells her tale and gives it some meaning beyond a mere ghost story.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Laura Van Den Berg has the kind of literary success writers dream of. Her debut novel comes out later this month, and already it's become one of the most anticipated books of the year. But for Laura, writing hasn't always been easy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

As the reigning Women's Bantamweight Champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ronda Rousey just might be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. In this extended interview, she reflects on some pivotal fights throughout her career, and the people who helped her get to the top.

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