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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cognitive researcher Douglas Hofstadter explains how gendered words and phrases — like using "guys" to refer to mixed company — can oftentimes reinforce sexist attitudes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In this EXTENDED interview, Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about his autobiographical novel, “My Struggle,” as well as his unorthodox approach to writing.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maryam Eskandari is a mosque architect and founder of MIIM Designs.  She say most non-Muslims think designing a mosque is full of rules. But it’s not. She told Charles Monroe-Kane that the only rule is you have to point out the direction to Mecca. This is called the marabji.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Allen Long is a former dope-smuggler and the subject of Robert Sabbag’s book “Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail.”  Anne Strainchamps interviewed them a week apart. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is your marriage passionate? Can we feel thrilled by the same person we look to for intimacy and security?

Esther Perel says, "Yes." She's the author of Mating in Captivity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kevin Sheppard on playing basketball in Iran.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonathan Lethem talks about his role as a novelist, which he explores in his new book, "The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, etc."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paula Kamen has had the same headache for 14 years. Her book is “All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache.”

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