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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

American spiritual teacher Antoinette Varner - also known as Gangaji - says it's possible to transcend our stories about ourselves. She tells Steve Paulson that to truly know yourself, just drop who you think you are, and pay attention to the "I". You can also hear the UNCUT version of this interview here.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Carlos Eire has written a memoir about the Cuba he remembers. Castro came to power when Carlos was eight.  Eire tells Jim Fleming about his childhood in Cuba and after he was air-lifted to the U.S. His memoir is called “Waiting for Snow in Havana.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Avital Ronell has been called “the foremost thinker of the repressed conditions of knowledge.”  She gives Jim Fleming an inspired take on stupidity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ginger Strand’s dangerous idea on recycling. Or, rather, not recycling. She is a novelist famous for her novel Flight.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles Siebert provides a version of an essay he wrote for the New York Times Magazine about the ironies of the human longing to keep wild creatures close to us.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Levitin reacts to a musical example Anne Strainchamps provides and talks about music and children's brains.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Carlyon tells Jim Fleming that Rice was once considered America’s greatest humorist. He was a talking clown, doing satiric commentary on current events.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher Samuel Scheffler bookmarks "The Children of Men" by P.D. James.

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