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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Literary critics have deemed Laura van den Berg one of American's best new writers. Listen in as she talks about the roles of memory and forgetting in our lives, and in her debut novel, "Find Me."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Phil Toledano was worried about the future.  So he decided to look it in the face.  He took a DNA test and hired a special effects makeup artist to help him become different versions of his future self.  Then he staged photos.  They're the subject of a new book, MAYBE, and a new film. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What do the three Abrahamic religions have in common about the concept of heaven?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In 2005, New York Times journalist Eric Lichtblau wrote a series of articles about the surveillance – without warrants – of some Americans’ international phone calls and e-mails. The Times won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting. In 2008, Steve asked Lichtblau about covering the NSA’s warrantless wire-tapping program.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paul Campos is the author of “The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession with Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jean Edward Smith is the author of "FDR," and tells Jim Fleming about Franklin Roosevelt's Supreme Court-packing scandal of 1937.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Poet Molly Peacock's biography of the 18th century paper artist, Mary Delaney.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Luke Rhinehart's novel, “The Dice Man", involves a psychiatrist who opens his life to new possibilities by basing his actions on a throw of the diced.

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