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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Michael Thompson consults with school systems about how to communicate with boys.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paul Krugman wrote an article called “For Richer” for the New York Times Magazine. He tells Steve Paulson that there is a widening chasm between the super rich and the rest of us.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The WPA built 650 thousand miles of highways and employed 8 and a half million people. We explore its legacy

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

As editor of Poetry Magazine, Christian Wiman reads thousands of new poems a year. Who better to check in with on the state of English language poetry? 

Hear Wiman talk about his own writing here.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Ayelet Waldman was struggling...with her marriage, her kids, her life.Then she took daily microdoses of LSD for a month and found a kind of beauty and calm she hadn’t known for years.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Janice Galloway has written a novel called “Clara.” It tells the life story of Clara Schumann, the gifted pianist who was the wife of composer Robert Schumann.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Take a look at any portrayal of the Dark Ages and you might come away believing it was a gruesome and violent time, but is that historically true?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

So just how good are we at predicting the future? Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson look back at some forecasts from the turn of the millenium.

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