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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

An algorithm might not be able to spit out a chart-topping song —at least not yet—but it might be able to help you write a best-selling novel.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maybe the silver lining to any break-up is the soundtrack. You get the sad songs and the sorry songs. When you're tired of tears on your pillow and ready to revive, there are the angry break-up songs.

In this EXTENDED interview with producer Sara Nics, Jason Saldanha and Robin Linn of WBEZ's Sound Opinions talk blame, revenge and moving on.

WARNING: In this extended version, there is profanity in some of the lyrics.

Want to see the full list of suggested break-up song? Here it is.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bruce Greyson is considered the father of research into the Near Death Experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Clio Cresswell tells Steve Paulson that out of 100 possible partners, you’re mathematically likely to make the right choice if you pick the most attractive person who’s left after 37 dates.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Edward Hirsch tells Anne Strainchamps that the best artists have “duende” - a kind of creative imp that puts them in touch with human emotional experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

NPR's former Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr talked with Steve Paulson about the audacity of politicians in 2008.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Legal scholar Cass Sunstein believes humans are innately irrational.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Eagleman is a neurologist and the co-author of the book "Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia."

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