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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What happens in your brain when you dance?  Frank Browning talks with scientists and choreographers in France and the U.S. about the "dancing brain."

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Poor, broke and white. Country musician Brandy Clark's been there, but she made it out. She’s 40 years old and won the country music awards’ Song of the Year and was also nominated for best new artist. Charles Monroe-Kane caught up with Brandy, along with her guitar player and backup singer Miles Aubrey, in a studio in Nashville, to talk about her latest album, Big Day in a Small Town.

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Christopher Phillips tells Jim Fleming what happens at Socrates Café, and explains how he reveals the deep philosophical implications of everyday events.

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Even when there's no one else in the room, we're never really alone, argues Joshua Wolf Schenk.  We're in constant creative dialogue with the voices in our heads.  But we need solitude to hear them.  So this Valentine's Day, go spend some time alone!

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New York Times reporter Chris Hedges was a war correspondent for 15 years. He talks about why war is addictive and describes the sort of scenes that left him with post traumatic stress disorder.

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Cultural critic David Shields wants to change the way we think about art.

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Colson Whitehead talks to Steve Paulson about his post-apocalyptic take on the zombie novel, "Zone One".  Listen in on this UNCUT interview.

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Death is the one that no one can survive. Unless… well, it depends on just how dead you are. 

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