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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Catherine Wagner is the co-editor, (with Rebecca Wolff) of the anthology "Not for Mothers Only." She talks with Steve Paulson about aspects of mothering and reads several poems from the book.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

E.O. Wilson may know more about ants than anyone else on the planet...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Bachelder's novel “U.S.!” uses as its central character early 20th century novelist Upton Sinclair...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Damali Ayo runs the website rent-a-negro.com. She's written a book called "How To Rent A Negro."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has won a landslide election in India, sparking fears of new sectarianism. Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy is one of the BJP’s most prominent critics. In this EXTENDED interview, Roy tells Steve Paulson why she stopped writing fiction to focus on political activism. She begins with a reading from her Booker Prize-winning novel “The God of Small Things.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Steven Pinker's Dangerous Idea? We may be living in the most peaceful time of our species’ existence.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Choreogapher Bill T. Jones recommends Lawrence Weschler's "Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neurologist Dave Soldier collaborated with scientist Richard Lair to teach elephants to play music. They’ve released the results of the Thai Elephant Orchestra.

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