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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Colin McAdam conjures a fictional world of a childless couple who adopt a rambunctious chimp.  We hear excerpts of his novel "A Beautiful Truth."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Edmund White looks back over 50 years of gay love and liberation.  Although married, White has resisted what he calls “gay assimilation”.  He talks about the politics of gay sex and promiscuity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

"Religion always starts with mysticism," says David Steindl-Rast. Now 89, he's been a Benedictine monk since 1953. Brother David was one of the first Roman Catholics to engage in dialogues between Christians and Buddhists. He tells Steve Paulson about the joys of life in the monastery.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

From one of Israel's leading novelists, a gorgeous and searing story about war and grief.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fred Pearce tells Steve Paulson he went to over 30 countries and discovered people are simply taking too much water out of the world's river systems.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Is humanity getting better or worse?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Gore is the so-called "pit bull of movie journalism," and the creator of "Film Threat" magazine. He's also the screenwriter and producer of "My Big Fat Independent Movie."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Diamanda Galas is a classically trained pianist, with a vocal range of three and a half octaves whose music is dark and intense.

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