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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

British TV Producer Peter Pomerantsev found he was out of his depth when he was invited to move to Moscow to develop a Russian version of the west's popular reality shows.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Zacks, author of “The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd,” tells Jim Fleming that Kidd, was a privateer - a pirate hunter - not a pirate.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonathan Wilson's novel takes place in 1924 and he explains why many fundamentalist Jews of that period were anti-Zionist.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Journalist Amanda Taub believes the political correctness backlash misses the point and glosses over real issues. In an article published in Vox.com, she argues that so-called political correctness is really about protecting and promoting marginalized voices.

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Quaker writer, educator and activist Parker Palmer believes people need to listen to their inner voice in order to make the right life choices.

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How do you set poetry to music?  Grammy Award-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider did it with Ted Kooser's poems, sung by Dawn Upshaw.  She tells Anne Strainchamps how she finds beauty in her art.

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Can science finally answer the age-old mystery, how something can come out of nothing?  Physicist Lawrence Krauss says yes, and in the process he’s set off an intellectual brawl with theologians and philosophers.

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