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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chiori Miyagawa is a playwright in New York and teaches at Bard College. “Comet Hunter” is the story of Caroline Herschel who collaborated with her brother William during the 18th and early 19th centuries and made several important contributions to astronomy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Boz Temple-Morris, the co-founder and Marketing Director of the Enlightened Tobacco Company,  tells Steve Paulson the company was all about truth in advertising.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Tarahumara tribe of Mexico grow up running barefoot and live very long lives happily running into advanced old age...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Talking about race is fraught these days, so it took guts for Paul Beatty to write his novel "The Sellout." It's a satire about a young black man who winds up on trial at the Supreme Court. And along the way, he enslaves an old friend and re-segregates the local high school.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologists John and Julie Gottman are famous for being able to predict with 94% accuracy whether a couple will break up, stay together unhappily, or stay together happily. In their Love Lab, they've identified hidden patterns of behavior that can strengthen or weaken relationships. If we'd known the secret to a good marriage was non-linear differential equations, we might have paid more attention in math class.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher Colin McGinn talks about mental manipulation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philip K. Dick scholar David Gill talks about Hollywood's adaptations of Philip K. Dick's novels and short stories.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Elliot Perlman is a Barrister in his native Australia. He’s also the author of a novel called “Seven Types of Ambiguity,” told by seven different narrators.

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