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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

MP3 formatting compresses audio so that the file becomes 75 to 95 percent smaller. But what are we missing?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chang's new novel follows the lives of students and one particular professor in a creative writing program in the Midwest.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Environmentalist Bill McKibben believes it's time for a new environmental paradigm:  small and local.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Many things can evoke a memory. Like a smell. Or a touch. When Mamek Khadem wanted to evoke the memory of her native Iran during the Islamic revolution in 1979, she did it with music. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis talks about growing up as the son of another famous novelist — Kingsley Amis.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Nelson hikes through the Alaskan wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else, and he plays excerpts during this conversation with Anne Strainchamps.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.

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