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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

According to Cesar Millan, dogs need exercise, discipline and affection, in that order.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Steven Pinker's Dangerous Idea? We may be living in the most peaceful time of our species’ existence.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has won a landslide election in India, sparking fears of new sectarianism. Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy is one of the BJP’s most prominent critics. In this EXTENDED interview, Roy tells Steve Paulson why she stopped writing fiction to focus on political activism. She begins with a reading from her Booker Prize-winning novel “The God of Small Things.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Don't look for authenticity on your plate! That's the message of Barry Glassner's book, "The Gospel of Food."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia and held for 460 days.  She believes the key to her survival and healing is learning to forgive her kidnappers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Choreogapher Bill T. Jones recommends Lawrence Weschler's "Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Deb Olin Unferth was swept up in the 80's revolution in Central American out of love.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

You're either funny, or you're not. Right? 

At Chicago's Second City training center, you can learn to get more giggle. 

Matt Hovde runs the training center, and gives us a crash course in comedy.

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