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PRI: To the Best of Our Knowledge

To the Best of Our Knowledge cracks open the world and the ideas that fuel it through interviews with the world's luminaries, from experts to cultural icons. Each show revolves around a theme where we explore these ideas and the people who consider them.

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  1. We Are All Connected

    Sat March 9, 2013 at 4:32 PM

    Forget six degrees of separation, it's becoming fewer all the time. Lada Adamic on data science at Facebook; Alexander Stille on Revolutionary Poetry in Somalia; Olga Nunes on voice mail; Miguel Paz on Poderopedia; Jason Rohrer on Chain World.

  2. We Are All Connected

    Sat March 9, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    Forget six degrees of separation, it's becoming fewer all the time. Lada Adamic on data science at Facebook; Alexander Stille on Revolutionary Poetry in Somalia; Olga Nunes on voice mail; Miguel Paz on Poderopedia; Jason Rohrer on Chain World.

  3. Writing Fiction vs Non-Fiction

    Sat March 9, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    When you read a piece of nonfiction, you naturally expect that  you?re reading the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  Right?  So how would you feel if you found out that the author of an essay you?re reading was taking certain liberties with the facts to make the piece more captivating? William Gibson on "Distrust That Particular Flavor"; John D'Agata and Jim Fingal on "The Lifespan of a Fact"; Jonathan Lethem on "The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, etc."; Joan Didion on "Blue Nights".

  4. Crossroads

    Sun March 3, 2013 at 6:00 AM

    What we talk about when we talk about immigration. Jose Antonio Vargas on Being Undocumented; Eddie Huang on Fresh Off the Boat; Ron Corn, Jr. on Saving the Menominee Language; The Story of the Arabian Nights; Yotam Ottolenghi on Jerusalem.

  5. After the Romance

    Sun March 3, 2013 at 6:00 AM

    a defense of marriage, a commitment to the single life, a guide to keeping the heat in long-term relationships and just a few angry break-up songs. 28 Firsts - Whitney Jones; Passionate Marriage?; Open Up?; Husband & Husband; Smiling Singles?; Break-Up Songs.

  6. Crossroads

    Sun March 3, 2013 at 6:00 AM

    What we talk about when we talk about immigration. Jose Antonio Vargas on Being Undocumented; Eddie Huang on Fresh Off the Boat; Ron Corn, Jr. on Saving the Menominee Language; The Story of the Arabian Nights; Yotam Ottolenghi on Jerusalem.

  7. After the Romance

    Sat March 2, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    a defense of marriage, a commitment to the single life, a guide to keeping the heat in long-term relationships and just a few angry break-up songs. 28 Firsts - Whitney Jones; Passionate Marriage?; Open Up?; Husband & Husband; Smiling Singles?; Break-Up Songs.

  8. Crossroads

    Sat March 2, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    What we talk about when we talk about immigration. Jose Antonio Vargas on Being Undocumented; Eddie Huang on Fresh Off the Boat; Ron Corn, Jr. on Saving the Menominee Language; The Story of the Arabian Nights; Yotam Ottolenghi on Jerusalem.

  9. Film and Philosophy

    Sat February 23, 2013 at 8:04 AM

    Exploring philosophy through the lens of film. "To The Best of Our Knowledge: The Movie" ; Geoff Dyer on "Zona"; J.J. Murphy on Andy Warhol's Films; Kim Evans on "Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter"; Barry Vacker on "Fight Club".

  10. Precious Ink

    Sat February 9, 2013 at 8:29 AM

    When was the last time you wrote or received a real letter? Listeners on their Saved Handwriting; Adam Mansbach on Graffiti Writing; Scott Topper on the Dangers of Writing and Reading; Kitty Burns Florey on the Rise and Fall of Handwriting; Listeners on their Saved Handwriting II; Samara O'Shea on Letter Writing; DT Max on the Letters of David Foster Wallace.

 
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