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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonathan Coe on "Like a Fiery Elephant"

Novelist Jonathan Coe tells Anne Strainchamps about the careeer of experimental novelist B.S. Johnson who tried to reinvent the novel with every book he wrote.

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Mira Nair on Indian Film

Indian film-maker Mira Nair talks with Jim Fleming about being a woman director, and combining stories from East and West.

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Richard Louv on "Nature Deficit Disorder"

Did you know nature is good for you?  Richard Louv can cite studies that show crime rates go up in cities with less green space.

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Judith Wallerstein on the Children of Divorce

Psychologist Judith Wallerstein talks with Jim Fleming about the frightening findings from her 25 year study on children of divorce.

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Orville Schell on Tibet and the West

Orville Schell tells Jim Fleming that Westerners have always romanticized Tibet. He’s observed it for years and concedes that even under Chinese domination, Tibet remains a unique and entrancing place.

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Jeanine Basinger on "The Star Machine"

Jeanine Basinger tells Anne Strainchamps how the movie studios manufactured stars from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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Listener Ghost Story: "The Lake"

A ghost story from listener Sophia Derbes.

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Natalie Goldberg on "The Great Failure"

Writer and writing coach Natalie Goldberg tells Anne Strainchamps how two of the most important men in her life - her father and her Zen master – failed her.

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