Steve Paulson

Steve Paulson

Tom Krueger (WPR)

Executive Producer

Steve is the Executive Producer and one of the founders of To The Best Of Our Knowledge. He has been a contributing writer for Salon and Nautilus and has written for Slate, Huffington Post and The Atlantic. His radio reports have also been broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. His book, Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion & Science, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. He’s working on another book exploring the intersection between science, philosophy and spiritual experience, which will probe the edges of science and such oddities as psychedelics and near-death experiences.

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Interviews
Meet Steve Paulson
We’ve heard your office looks like it was decorated by the Collyer Brothers, the famous book hoarders.  Do you have a book fetish?

Steve Paulson: No!  I have a library.  It’s true, I can get obsessive about books  – and yes, my stacks of books are somewhat disorganized.   My co-workers like to twit me about fire hazards, but where do you think all those TTBOOK interviews come from?
Start of an amateur boxing match, Rayne, Louisiana. 1938. Photographer Lee Russell Debating the Ethics of 'America's Tragic Theater'

In light of recent boxing tragedies, Charles and Steve are grappling with the ethics of boxing. It’s a debate that’s probably going on in a lot of places and will – unfortunately – continue.
shadow arm A Shadow Self Emerges from the Darkness

Do you ever have trouble sleeping? Steve Paulson does. And maybe you do too. How can something so simple be so hard — for so many people?
Shows
Women awake in bed Up All Night
To The Best Of Our Knowledge Can Science Be Sacred?
Boxers Why We Fight
Websites
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