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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Kilcullen was a top military advisor to General Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq. He tells Anne Strainchamps that most counter-insurgency efforts fail because foreign armies usually galvanize opposition from local people.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dean Sluyter is a film critic and meditation teacher who combined his interests to write "Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eddie Lenihan tells a story told to him by the foreman of a road construction crew in Ireland.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Tammett loves numbers, can do calculations in his head into the millions, and can recite pi to more than 22,000 digits. But he has trouble telling right from left and looking people in the eye.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. She tells stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eula Biss recommends "The Argonauts" by Maggie Nelson.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What is it exactly that we love about the movies? For Madelon Sprengnether, going to the movies prompted a journey of self discovery and helped her cope with the sudden death of her father. It all started with a Bengali film called "Pather Panchali."

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