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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christopher Taylor talks with Jim Fleming about his recent series of concerts where he performed all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas, from memory.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Katha Pollitt's Dangerous Idea?  Your child is not a special snowflake.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Barry Glassner tells Steve Paulson that Americans seem to think the value of a meal lies principally in what it lacks - no sugar, fat, carbs, calories, etc. He explores the myths that make us the food police.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Colum McCann tells Steve Paulson what made Rudolf Nureyev the greatest dancer of his time and that his life was shaped by his ambition and his physical beauty. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Franz Lidz is the author of "Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There are sad songs in rock, and sad songs in jazz, but the resting place for the saddest songs is clearly in country music.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Benjamin Kunkel bookmarks Herman Daly's "Steady-State Economics."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If there is an evolutionary imperative for running, maybe runner's high holds a clue. Dave Raichlen conducted a study about runner's high using humans, dogs and ferrets. 

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