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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Haught believes these so called "new atheists" simply don't measure up to the old athiests like Nietzsche and Camus.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Black, white and Jewish: Rebecca Walker talks with Steve Paulson about her unconventional upbringing and how having a child of her own changed her feelings about it.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Did you know nature is good for you?  Richard Louv can cite studies that show crime rates go up in cities with less green space.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Tipping Point.”  He talks about how successful marketing works and gives some examples.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 

In this UNCUT interview, Jonah Lehrer talks about his new book, “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” Turns out, we can all learn to be more creative. 
 
 
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dominican-born writer Junot Diaz -- the MacArthur genius, Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written some of some of the most brilliant contemporary fiction about the immigrant experience. 

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Marjane Satrapi talks about the intimate lives of women in Iran and the conflicts created around the issue of sexuality by patriarchy and fundamentalist Islam.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Many traditions from Confucianism to Judaism emerged as responses to the rampant violence of their time. Karen Armstrong says our own time has a lot in common with that age.

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