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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The third place winner in our 3 Minute Futures flash fiction contest is Jedediah Berry's story, "Dogs in the Snow."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Adam Mansbach is a white boy from an affluent Boston suburb who’s devoted himself to hip hop culture.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Somalia didn’t have a written language until the 1970's, and today, many if not most Somalis still live within an oral tradition. And in that tradition the poet is king.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alaa Al Aswany is one of the top-selling novelists in the Arab world, but because copyright protections are weak there, he still works part-time as a dentist.

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Alister McGrath, a historical theologian at Oxford, shares Dawkins' interest in science, but little else. He and Steve Paulson talk about the role of religious zealotry.

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Andrew Boyd is an activist and performance artist who calls himself “Brother Void.”  He tells Steve Paulson about his latest project.

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Anne Fadiman talks about the delight she and her brother took as children with collecting (and killing) butterflies.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kevin Powers served as a machine gunner in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.   His novel “The Yellow Birds” was a finalist for the  National Book Award.

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