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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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Sunday
7/17/2011
12:00 PM
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On Running
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, new research is challenging some of our most trusted advice about running and exercise. Re-thinking running. Also, the barefoot revolution.
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Sunday
7/17/2011
1:00 PM
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Superheroes
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, superheroes. Wonder Woman's controversial new costume, as well as the actual physics of superpowers. And, "The 99" - an Islamic comic book in which each superhero reflects one of the 99 names of Allah.
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Sunday
7/10/2011
12:00 PM
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Here There Be Monsters
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Here There Be Monsters. We'll meet author Justin Cronin, as we explore monsters. Also, Cartoonist and author Lynda Barry reminisces about her favorite monsters.
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Sunday
7/10/2011
1:00 PM
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Writers on Writing
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, writers on writing, with Jane Hamilton & Nick Cave.
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Sunday
7/3/2011
12:00 PM
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Living the Language
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Living the Language. If you think the influence of Shakespeare is confined to the page, and the stage . . . think again.
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Sunday
7/3/2011
1:00 PM
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Three Presidents and a Queen
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Three Presidents and a Queen. It's about John & Abigail Adams, George Washington & Teddy. Roosevelt. Also, we'll get the low down on Cleopatra from biographer Stacy Schiff.
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Sunday
6/26/2011
12:00 PM
110626A
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Poetry Out Loud
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, poetry out loud. Rae Armantrout reads her poems, Natalie Merchant sings our favorite classic poems, and Bobby McFerrin on the human voice as poetry.
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Sunday
6/26/2011
1:00 PM
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll explore our enduring fascination with the afterlife by talking with Lisa Miller, the author of "Heaven." Also, Carlos Eire on a very brief history of eternity.
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Sunday
6/19/2011
12:00 PM
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Anxiety
After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson talks about her personal struggles with anxiety.
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Sunday
6/19/2011
1:00 PM
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Finding Home
After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Finding Home. The psychology of our attachment to the places we love. Why we suffer when forests are cut down, air is polluted, rivers and oceans fouled - the link between the environment and human happiness.
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Sunday
6/12/2011
12:00 PM
110612A
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Novel Novels
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, novel Novels. Jennifer Egan talks about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “A Visit from the Goon Squad”.
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Sunday
6/12/2011
1:00 PM
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Losing Religion
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Losing Religion. A conversation with best-selling author Rhoda Janzen about growing up Mennonite. And Philip Pullman on being an atheist . . . and religious . . . all at the same time.
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Sunday
6/5/2011
12:00 PM
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Psychedelics
After noon, To the Best of Our Knowledge takes you to the cutting-edge of psychedelic research.
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Sunday
6/5/2011
1:00 PM
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Dancing About Architecture: Arts Criticism
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Dancing About Architecture: Arts Criticism. A conversation with music critic Robert Parker's daughter about what made him great.
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Sunday
5/29/2011
12:00 PM
110529A
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TTBOOK - The Examined Life
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we hear about the idea of the "examined life," and explore the new Science of the Self.
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Sunday
5/29/2011
1:00 PM
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TTBOOK - Scandinavian Death Trip
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we meet the superstars of Scandinavian crime fiction.
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Sunday
5/22/2011
12:00 PM
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America's Right Turn
After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, America’s Right Turn. Find out why the Founding Fathers are hot property in contemporary politics, and look back at the Reagan legacy.
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Sunday
5/22/2011
1:00 PM
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Saying the World
After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Saying the World. Try out new words from the online world, with a New York Times language blogger - words like YakkaWow and Suicide Cuisine. Also, the rise of a new world language called Globish.
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Sunday
5/15/2011
12:00 PM
110515A
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The Voice
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll explore the history of the vo-coder, from World War Two . . . to hip-hop. Also, the distinctive voice of legendary talk-show host, Dick Cavett.
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Sunday
5/15/2011
1:00 PM
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Sacred Nature
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Sacred Nature, living small and liking it . . . an argument in favor of the radically local life.
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Sunday
5/8/2011
12:00 PM
110508A
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Protest 2.0
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Protest 2.0 (two-point-oh), how open-source protesting is changing the world.
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Sunday
5/8/2011
1:00 PM
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The Civil War
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, remembering The Civil War. We'll talk about soldiers' experiences on the battlefield . . . and their reconciliation afterwards. We'll debate the controversial legacy of the abolitionist, John Brown. And we'll reflect on why The Civil War still has a living . . . and highly contested . . . history . . . even today.
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Sunday
5/1/2011
12:00 PM
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Other Worlds
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge: Other Worlds. Scientist Brian Greene looks at the physics of the "multiverse," and writer Patrick Rothfuss creates a world of his own.
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Sunday
5/1/2011
1:00 PM
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Extreme Healing
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Extreme Healing. We’ll meet one man who took his autistic son to Mongolia for shamanic healing. And, a former junkie finds a cure with help from the monkey god Hanuman (HAHN-oo-mahn).
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Sunday
4/24/2011
12:00 PM
110424A
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Portrait of the Artist
After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge: Portrait of the Artist.
To the Best of Out Knowledge speaks with Patti Smith, and hears from acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan about his views on fiction and today's literary world.
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Sunday
4/24/2011
1:00 PM
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Stay Positive
After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge: Stay Positive.
Michael Gates Gill reminds us we have a lot to be grateful for, and Suzan Colon shares recipes of the food that got her family through hard times.
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Sunday
4/17/2011
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, "Made in Russia". We’ll explore some history, stories and culture from Russia . . . from ballet . . . to reality TV.
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Sunday
4/17/2011
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Writers on Writing. Biographer Blake Bailey introduces us to the life and work of Richard Yates. Also, Jonathan Lethem on the legendary science-fiction author, Philip K. Dick.
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Sunday
4/10/2011
12:00 PM
110410A
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
Brainpower. After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, why we expect more from technology and less from each other.
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Sunday
4/10/2011
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
Polar Stories. After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, stories from the lands of snow and ice. What do we stand to lose when the world’s ice melts?
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Sunday
4/3/2011
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
Memory, Mind and the Self. After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, David Brooks says we’re not actually the rational decision makers we think we are.
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Sunday
4/3/2011
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
When We Meet. After one, To the Best of Our Knowledge talks with Muslims and Westerners who are redefining our relationship.
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Sunday
3/27/2011
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the tricky topic of motherhood.
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Sunday
3/27/2011
1:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After one, To the Best of Our Knowledge explores creative partnerships.
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Sunday
3/20/2011
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, is Austerity a dangerous idea? Join us as we question Austerity, and talk about other options.
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Sunday
3/20/2011
1:00 PM
110320B
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, pushing the limits in film with John Waters. Also, the infamous Winnebago Man - the Angriest Man on YouTube.
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