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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kendall Taylor is the author of the most complete account yet of the marriage of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Taylor tells Steve Paulson that the marriage was volatile from the beginning.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Fuller is the author of "Wonder" - the first in-depth look at one of humanity's most important emotions.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lawrence Krauss isn't only a famous physicist; he's also the subject, along with Richard Dawkins, of the documentary film "The Unbelievers."  He tells Steve Paulson that science has replaced philosophy and religion as the place to deal with the Big Questions.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Australian Les Murray is considered by many literary critics to be the greatest living poet in English today.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Three physicists just won the Nobel Prize for their discovery that the universe is rapidly expanding.  

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mira Nair is an Oscar nominated, India- born film-maker who divides her time between America and the sub-continent.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We hear a conversation between Steve Paulson and German historian Jessica Gienow-Hecht. They discuss why the huge casualties among German civilians have been taboo for discussion.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

So, what is gender anyhow? Philosopher Judith Butler has been unpacking our notions of "he," "she" and "we" for the past 20 years. She stopped in to help us take stock of the state of gender in the North America.

Hear the extended interview, here.

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