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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles Harper Webb is the author of a poetry collection called “Hot Popsicles.”  He talks about the use of pop culture imagery in his work.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

After Dan's death, his friends and family gather to remember him.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles Duhigg bookmarks "The Children" by David Haberstam.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Duncan Watts is the author of "Everything Is Obvious*: *Once You Know the Answer."  He tells Jim Fleming how common sense often fails us.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Apocalyptic stories are more than just entertaining. Millions of Americans believe the world will soon end. Cultural critic Barry Vacker unpacks this end-of-world meme.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are alternative universes purely the stuff of make believe? Or could they actually exist?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Frederic Spotts is the author of “Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics.”  Spotts says that Hitler saw himself as a painter and was forever wounded by his failure to impress the artistic establishment.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nothing stops a bullet like a job.

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