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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Bond got scared when he received a letter from the government saying they'd lost his newborn daughter's data. He decided to see if he could disappear himself.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

After a quick look back at Neo-conservative Richard Perle's 2003 justification for war with Iraq, Steve Paulson talks with Douglas Feith about decision-making in the wake of 9/ll.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A few maverick physicists in the 1970s revived interest in quantum physics by exploring some of the deepest philosophical questions about reality.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Sam Kriss's Dangerous Idea? The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" as satire.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a famous critic of Islam. She talks with Steve Paulson about why she believes Islam is inherently incompatible with Western values.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dean King tells Jim Fleming about the ordeal of Captain James Riley and his crew. They lost their ship and were enslaved by desert nomads for months.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eli Pariser is twenty two years old, and the International Campaign Director of MoveOn.Org.  He talks about what the Internet has done for the global Peace Movement, and why he considers their work against the war in Iraq successful.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We needed a working definition of the word “scoundrel”.   For that, we headed to lexicographer Erin McKean.  She’s the founder and CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik.  She was also the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary.  Steve Paulson sat down with her.

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