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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Laughlin tells Steve Paulson that physicists are an eccentric bunch. He should know.

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Jonathan Kozol tells Jim Fleming about the children in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx and why he’s hopeful about them in spite of the terrible problems in their community.

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Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist who risked his life reporting for the New York Times from his homeland -- Waziristan, in the heart of Taliban-controlled Pashtun area.   He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, but had to leave his country.

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Best-selling author Jane Hamilton has the kind of success most novelists dream of.  In her novel “Disobedience,” a teenage son discovers that his mom is cheating on his dad.

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Oscar Hijuelos is the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature for his book "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." His memoir is called "Thoughts Without Cigarettes."

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Julia Sweeney grew up Catholic, but lost her faith and left the Church.

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 Ithaca Hours is the oldest and largest alternative currency in the US. Since 1991, Ithaca Hours has an estimated circulation of several million dollars and has spawned about 80 imitators around the country.

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Ramiro Burr talks with Jim Fleming about the explosive growth in Latino radio in the United States, and the incredible variety of Latino musical styles.

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