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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Celia Brooks Brown tells Anne Strainchamps vegetarian food is gaining in popularity because it is healthy and delicious.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Darrin McMahon is the author of “Happiness: A History.” He tells Jim Fleming the Founding Fathers equated happiness with virtue...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Jones tells us what happened to the three astronauts left in space when the space shuttle Columbia was lost in 2003.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brendan Halpin tells Steve Paulson about his early days as a teacher and why he stuck it out for several years.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

"Gifts make slaves like whips make dogs" is an anthropologist's tale of inter-cultural difference in gift exchanges.

David Graeber takes us on a tour of gift giving, and gift economies. He also takes a swing at the question of whether it's possible to give a truly selfless gift.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Emily Gould became an Internet celebrity for her writing on Gawker, a popular New York City blog.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International magazine and the author of “The Future of Freedom: Liberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.”  He talks about how free elections are not the answer for the third world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are humans really unique?  Not as much as we tend to think, says renowned primatologist Frans de Waal.  In this EXTENDED, UNCUT interview, de Waal tells Steve Paulson about the emotional & moral lives of chimpanzees and bonobos.  This interview was done in partnership with the new science and culture magazine Nautilus.

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