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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

 

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

Steve Paulson talks with a contemporary master of metafiction - writer Robert Coover. Coover's latest novel is "A Child Again."

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

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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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philipp Blom tells Anne Strainchamps about some of history's great pack-rats, and what purposes their collections served.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joyce Tenneson is a portrait photographer whose new book is a collection of flower photos. Her work celebrates flowers at every stage of their life cycle.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When you think about the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement and the last 50 years, it's tempting to think we've become a post-racial society. But University of Pennsylvania professor John Jackson Jr. believes we're seeing a new type of racial divide, characterized by distrust and paranoia.

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