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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Colum McCann tells Steve Paulson what made Rudolf Nureyev the greatest dancer of his time and that his life was shaped by his ambition and his physical beauty. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dan Lamoureux is a self-described dork who produced and directed the documentary film "Nerdcore for Life."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Not all cavemen are in the past. The Modern Caveman Movement involves men in urban gyms, grunting and sprinting on all fours, lifting heavy stones, and running barefoot.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Benjamin Kunkel bookmarks Herman Daly's "Steady-State Economics."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Whether or not you're a person who cares about fashion, how and where our clothes are made has environment, social, and economic consequences. The global garment industry is a trillion dollar business, that employs millions of people. Elizabeth Cline is an advocate for so-called "slow fashion."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

After writer Olivia Laing relocated to New York from England, she quickly discovered how lonely you can feel in crowd. Still reeling after a breakup and struggling to adapt to a new country, she turned to artists like Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and David Wojnarowicz to better understand how you can still feel isolated in a city teeming with millions of people.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Dennett is one of the leading advocates of evolutionary theory and a fierce critic of creationism.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If human beings are part neanderthal, Brian Fagan tells Jim Fleming the rest of us is something else - Cro-Magnon.

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