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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Etgar Keret tells Anne Strainchamps that he is the child of Holocaust survivors and that his work reflects life in Israel as it really is today. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Tarahumara tribe of Mexico grow up running barefoot and live very long lives happily running into advanced old age...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chiori Miyagawa is a playwright in New York and teaches at Bard College. “Comet Hunter” is the story of Caroline Herschel who collaborated with her brother William during the 18th and early 19th centuries and made several important contributions to astronomy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maybe you're familiar with art therapy - making art to cope with pain. Philosopher Alain de Botton has a different idea. He thinks just looking at great art can be therapeutic.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher Colin McGinn talks about mental manipulation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Photographer David Plowden talks about why he loves bridges and why it was important to preserve them on film.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Betty Cortina, editorial director of Latina Magazine, tells Jim Fleming that Latino-chic is more than ruffles and hoop earrings. It’s about self-expression and honoring the past.

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.

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