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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alison Hawthorne Deming reads "Chauvet" - her poem about the French cave with ancient art painted on its walls.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Ana Menendez talks about her book “Loving Che.” She reads a passage and they discuss the real Che Guevara and his impact on Latin America.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Doug Gordon profiles Anne Beatts, one of the original writers for the groundbreaking late night comedy series "Saturday Night Live".

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton.  And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andrew Keen is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He's also the author of "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For two years, medical anthropologist Seth Holmes followed and worked alongside migrant farm laborers all along the west coast. As part of his research, he even snuck in to the U.S. from Mexico, all in order to find out what life is like for an agricultural worker. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthony Bourdain, executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles and author of "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," tells Steve Paulson some restaurant secrets.

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