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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mr. Cutlets really loves meat. He talks about his favorite cuts and how to cook them and why his last meal would be a pastrami sandwich.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Professional bladesmith Richard Furrer tells Jim Fleming about “Dragonslayer,” a blade forged from ultra-strong steel created with the help of a Northwestern University computer model.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead got the magazine assignment of a lifetime: a week in Vegas, playing in the World Series of Poker.  He tells Doug Gordon about high stakes poker and his own "anhedonia," his difficulty experiencing pleasure.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Julie Phillips is the author of "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jane Juska tells Anne Strainchamps why, at the age of 66, she took out an ad in the NY Review of Books looking for as many sexual partners as possible.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Coke consistently outsells Pepsi, though Pepsi routinely wins blind taste tests. Why is one of the mysteries of advertising.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Gershon talks about the science behind “gut instinct” and says most of the body’s serotonin is in the gut, not the brain.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Errol Morris made a documentary about Abu Ghraib called "Standard Operating Procedure." Journalist Philip Gourevitch and Morris have written a companion book that examines what really happened at Abu Ghraib.

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