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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paul Krugman is one of the most prominent liberal pundits in America. He talks with Steve Paulson about his latest book, "The Conscience of A Liberal."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joe Nick Patoski has been writing about his friend Willie Nelson for thirty five years. He talks about Nelson's first claim to fame in Nashville was as a songwriter.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Matthew Brzezinski tells Steve Paulson that he was beaten and robbed soon after his arrival in Ukraine.  He says Moscow is a different planet than the rest of Russia.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ahhh, the sound of grizzly bears fighting over salmon in a tidal pool. Incredible! When you listen to those grizzly bears you are listening to one of the greatest, if not thee greatest, resource American has. It’s land. William Cronon says our land IS who we are. So it makes since, that in the 19th century a bold and visionary invention was created: the National Park. Cronon told Steve Paulson that National Parks are America's greatest invention.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher John Searle talks with Steve Paulson about the most exciting problem in modern philosophy: explaining human consciousness.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonathan Nossiter directed a documentary film called "Mondovino" in which he talks with people all over the world who make and sell wine.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Author and playwright Michael Frayn talks with Steve Paulson about his play “Copenhagen” and the dramatic meeting between physicists Neils Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941. At issue is the degree to which Heisenberg was spying for the Nazis and his role in the development of a German atom bomb.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has just written a book for children:  “The Magic of Reality.”  In this NEW AND UNCUT interview, Steve Paulson talks with Dawkins about the difference between supernatural magic and poetic magic, and why atheists no longer need to hide in the closet.

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