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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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Sunday
11/22/2009
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
- 091122B
After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, talk about channeling creativity - whether we play the piano, plan advertising campaigns, or keep a journal. And a visit with a rock n’ roll muse.
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Sunday
11/22/2009
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, “Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq", "Part Five: Coming Home”. Talk with Iraq War veterans about the challenges of coming home. And, what about us? Are WE ready for THEM?
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Sunday
11/15/2009
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation about debt and runaway capitalism... and the four men who controlled the world’s money supply back in the 1920s.
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Sunday
11/15/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Part Four of “Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq: Covering the War”.
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Sunday
11/8/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation with Nick Hornby, author of “Juliet, Naked.” Also, American music giant Ralph Stanley looks back on his life and career.
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Sunday
11/8/2009
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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Esprit de corps (ess-SPREE d'CORE) is the glue that holds the U.S. military together. After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, "Esprit de Corps" is Part Three of "Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq".
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Sunday
11/1/2009
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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The Internet is a free flow of ideas where everyone can say whatever they want. But for all its splashy graphics, it’s a font that makes the Internet looks the same. After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the designer of Verdana, the Internet font. Also, the creators of Obama’s font, Gotham... The font of Hope and Change.
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Sunday
11/1/2009
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation with the planners of the War in Iraq. Will their preparations lead us to peace or... more war? "Architects of War" is Part Two of Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq.
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Sunday
10/25/2009
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the ethics of foreign aid. Does Western aid to impoverished African nations really help? Some say it just lines the pockets of corrupt leaders and createds a culture of dependency.
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Sunday
10/25/2009
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Part One of "Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq". - - April 6, 2004... a day that transformed the war in Iraq.
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Sunday
10/18/2009
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll explore the seven-billion-dollar Christian pop culture industry, complete with Bibleman, the Caped Christian who quotes scripture while fighting villains.
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Sunday
10/18/2009
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll meet a variety of people dedicated to the well-chosen word... from a woman who worked for thirty years with a grey parrot named Alex... to a linguist who’s fluent in Klingon.
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Sunday
10/11/2009
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge - Web Edition
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Contemplating the age-old dream of discovering an Earthly paradise... in search of Shangri-La.
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Sunday
10/11/2009
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge - Web Edition
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A look at the impact of Globalization.
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Sunday
10/4/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, To the Best of Our Knowledge considers what we mean by the word "craft." Does it mean a hand-made object that's almost art? Or could it be anything that's thoughtfully done to the very best of the doer's ability?
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Sunday
10/4/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, America’s small farm renaissance. The lure of the pastoral life and the vision of a new agrarian culture.
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Sunday
9/27/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the Amish ritual of Rumspringa. (ROOM-shpring-uh) - when 16 year-olds decide about their future.
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Sunday
9/27/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll take you to the national parks – Yosemite, Denali and Carlsbad Caverns. We’ll also explore some forgotten parts of our history: how the “buffalo soldiers” helped create America’s first parks.
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Sunday
9/20/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll wax philosophical about science fiction with two of the genre's greatest writers... George R.R. Martin and Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Sunday
9/20/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the fairy-tale story of the game that remade the South African nation – the Rugby World Cup of 1995.
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Sunday
9/13/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we meet the co-founders of The East Village Opera Company; then find out what happens when old-school meets new-school as they re-imagine opera's greatest hits as popular songs.
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Sunday
9/13/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge: poetry. We’ll talk with four-time Slam Poet champion Patricia Smith about how powerful words are when spoken out loud.
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Sunday
9/6/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Al Green talks about the sacred and profane.
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Sunday
9/6/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, “Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back.” Also, Matthew Crawford on the satisfactions and challenges of working with your hands.
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Sunday
8/30/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, experts warn that reading is in decline as our cultural life moves online. We offer an hour in praise... and defense... of the book.
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8/30/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Religion 2.0 (two-point-oh). Americans are patching together spirituality and faiths from around the world to find something to believe in.
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Sunday
8/23/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a Harvard-trained brain scientist who suffered a crippling stroke and watched... in clinical detail... what was happening to her own mind and body while she was having it.
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Sunday
8/23/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the life and work of David Foster Wallace, whose witty, sincere persona helped make him a spokesperson for his generation.
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Sunday
8/16/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, author Andrew Davidson on his novel, "The Gargoyle." It has been described as an "Inferno" for our time
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Sunday
8/16/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, remix culture. Digital sampling, audio hacking, mash-ups… In today’s music and art it’s all about mix and remix.
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Sunday
8/9/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, deja vu. What causes us to think we've already experienced the exact same situation before, even though we haven't?
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Sunday
8/9/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a violinist (Anne Akiko Meyers) talks about why she chose to record popular songs for her new album. From Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” to the tunes her Japanese grandmother used to hum to her.
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Sunday
8/2/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we explore post-modernism. Salman Rushdie (SAL-m'n RUSH-dee) talks about "The Enchantress of Florence".
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Sunday
8/2/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, autistic savant (sah-VAHNT) Daniel Tammet (TAM-ett) explains how his amazing mind works. Also, philosophy professor Ian Hacking on “Humans, Aliens and Autism.”
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Sunday
7/26/2009
1:00 PM
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Today’s entertainment industry is shrinking the gap between real life and fantasy. Popular television shows like Big Brother turn ordinary life into an engaging drama. After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, how real is reality entertainment?
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Sunday
7/26/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the Cowboy Junkies look back on “The Trinity Sessions,” the moment that defined the alt-country movement.
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