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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Intrepid TTBOOK intern John Pederson visits local bee keeper Mary Seeley as she's setting up some new hives.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can you actually see creativity in the brain?   Neuroscientist Rex Jung describes brain imaging studies of creativity in action.

You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Colgan, director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, co-produced “Beckett on Film.”  He talks about the challenges of turning 19 of Samuel Beckett’s plays into films.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Jonathan Lethem talks about the work of Philip K. Dick.  Dick is one of Lethem's literary heroes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin is obsessed with lost masterpieces of early cinema. He tells Steve Paulson he feels haunted - by the ghosts of early film history, and by the ghosts of his own family's past.

You can also hear our extended interview with Maddin.

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Nathan Radke talks about why the characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip can be seen as acting out the dilemmas of existentialism. 

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Patricia Volk recalls growing up in a New York restaurant family.  She describes the cuisine at the family’s eateries, and what they ate at home.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rick Lyman's book “Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that Matter Most” tells of time spent with Woody Allen, Sissy Spacek, Ang Lee and others, watching other peoples’ films.

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