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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne speaks with Claire Tomalin, Austen's biographer. They talk about Jane Austen and the contemporary fascination with her.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman is fascinated by the way memory shapes our sense of self. In this EXTENDED interview, he says our memories can be quite different from what we actually experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Davyd Betchkal is a soundscape engineer in Alaska's Denali National Park.  We hear  recordings of wood frogs, bear cubs, even an avalanche.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brain sciences are overturning centuries of old thinking about human nature.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

<p>Novelist, actor, screenwriter and playwright Ayad Akhtar talks about growing up in a Pakistani-American household in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</p>

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Erik Prince defends Edward Snowden. He says the US should drastically cut military spending. He believes the US War of Terror has gone too far.  His biggest regret in life? Working for the State Department. And that's just the tip of the iceberg  from this uncut Steve Paulson interview with the founder of Blackwater - a group many say was the leading mercenary organization in the world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Food critic Carolyn Wyman talks with Steve Paulson about the history of Wonder Bread. 

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Elizabeth Lunbeck’s Dangerous Idea is narcissism is good.

 

 

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