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Kim Evans talks about her essay, "Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter."  The essay is from the book, "The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are we alone in the universe?  Almost certainly not.   The young science of astrobiology is closing in on a discovery that will rock our world:  there IS life beyond earth.  New telescopes, new missions, and new discoveries in outer space and in the most remote areas of our own planet all point to one conclusion.  Extra terrestrial life exists, and we're very close to finding it.   Science writer Marc Kaufman explains what's changed.

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Wisconsin Public Television producer Patty Loew talks with Anne Strainchamps about her TV documentary "Way of the Warrior".

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A ghost story from listener Sophia Derbes.

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Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city. 

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Psychologist Martin Seligman is the former president of the American Psychological Association.  He tells Jim Fleming about his philosophy of “Positive Psychology.”

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Robert Glasper's new album Black Radio is a reference to the black box of recordings that survives a plane crash.

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The stereotype of photojournalists is that they’re adrenaline junkies.  Risk takers.  But they're often surprisingly humble about their work -- maybe because their job is to erase themselves, to become the lens that lets us see the world.  Here photojournalist Brendan Bannon talks about finding beauty in the midst of suffering and about a photo he took at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. 

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