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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Carl Honore tells Jim Fleming that several countries have societies which promote a slower, more relaxed approach to life.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Renowned religious historian Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most controversial book and she explains its enduring appeal.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If we think of cities as organisms, their DNA is the hodgepodge of rules that shape development. Urban planner Emily Talen talks about how city zoning, coding and laws got started, and how they need to be changed to help us build more livable cities.

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman is fascinated by the way memory shapes our sense of self.  But he says our memories can be quite different from what we actually experience.

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Stephan Eirik Clark's Dangerous Idea? Subdivide the United States into smaller countries.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Reporter Charles Monroe-Kane visits one of the last surviving grist mills in the US. He learns how water power is used to grind wheat into flour, and learns something about himself as well.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Bond got scared when he received a letter from the government saying they'd lost his newborn daughter's data. He decided to see if he could disappear himself.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ben Ratliff has been a jazz critic at the NY Times since 1996.

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