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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kerry O. Burns talks with Judith Strasser and performs excerpts from his one-man show “Markings of the Soul.”  The play tells the story of Kerry and his gay brother, Tim.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Poet Anja Sieger, who often writes under the pen name Notanja, is the current Narrator-in-Residence at the storied Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Her writing implement of choice? A vintage typewriter.Hear the interview as well as the bonus reading of a poem that she wrote on-site for producer Seth Jovaag's daughter, Lydia.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Nicholson Baker exposed what he called libraries’ assault on paper in a book called “Double Fold.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laura Sessions Stepp tells Jim Fleming that sports are good for kids and that all kids need something to be passionate about.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter Guber founded Mandalay Entertainment and Polygram Entertainment.  He tells Anne Strainchamps that most people try to pitch him a business deal, not a creative vision.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Author Jonathan Lethem talks to Jim Fleming about his "Harper's" Magazine essay, "The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Owen Flanagan is a philosopher of mind who spends his professional life tackling the so-called "hard problem" of consciousness.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lewis Hyde is the author of the acclaimed "Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art." He talks with Steve Paulson about the meaning of the word "trickster."

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