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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin is obsessed with lost masterpieces of early cinema. He tells Steve Paulson he feels haunted - by the ghosts of early film history, and by the ghosts of his own family's past.

You can also hear our extended interview with Maddin.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychiatrist Ned Kalin and psychologist Richard Davidson have found that cheerful people tend to have more left-brain activity while people with active right brains tend to be sad and pessimistic.

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Dan Fagin just won a Pulitzer Prize for his book, “Toms River.” It’s a remarkable nonfiction tale of industrial pollution and its health impacts for people in a small New Jersey town.

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Jim Fleming provides an essay on the recent death of his mother.

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American cross country ski champion Nina Kemppel tells Jim Fleming that winning an Olympic medal matters to every athlete who competes.

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One of England's most famous atheists talks about the role supernatural miracles play in his life.

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The documentary film "The Brooklyn Connection" shows how a Brooklyn immigrant raised over 30 million dollars to arm and supply the Kosovo Liberation Army.

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Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. is the author of "The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction."

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