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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Researchers have discovered that cats have their own taste in music. It sounds nothing like that crap you listen to.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Talking about race is fraught these days, so it took guts for Paul Beatty to write his novel "The Sellout." It's a satire about a young black man who winds up on trial at the Supreme Court. And along the way, he enslaves an old friend and re-segregates the local high school.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Liss talks about how different trials were in the 18th century, and explains that modern patterns of thinking were only beginning to take hold.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Gray is the author of “Cyborg Citizen.” He thinks anyone whose body has been artificially altered by technology is a cyborg. Forget bionic limbs, he means even people who’ve had vaccinations!

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cultural geographer Bradley Garrett's Dangerous Idea? Rediscover overlooked sites in cities.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Arthur Zajonc tells Jim Fleming that Einstein's idea of god is common to many top scientists.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philip K. Dick scholar David Gill talks about Hollywood's adaptations of Philip K. Dick's novels and short stories.

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