A Museum Of The Mundane
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 1:40pm
"Museum of Everyday Life" founder and curator Clare Dolan calls it "an ongoing, revolutionary experiment" — a celebration of "the mysterious delight embedded in the banal but beloved objects we touch everyday.
We Call Them Fish. Evolution Says They're Something Else.
Saturday, August 8, 2020, 10:00am
Lulu Miller's book “Why Fish Don’t Exist” — which examines ichthyologist David Starr Jordan — is a meditation on the shadow side of scientific classification, and the dangers of trying too hard to impose order on chaos.
Tracking Our Inner GPS
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 12:50pm
David Barrie is an award-winning author and a fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation. His latest book, "Supernavigators," explores the remarkable ways animals and insects get around.
The Lost Years Of South African Jazz
Sunday, July 12, 2020, 4:00pm
The political repression and censorship of apartheid forced a generation of Black jazz musicians out of South Africa and into clubs in Europe and the U.S. Historian Gwen Ansell has been documenting that lost South African jazz scene since she first encountered it in the late 1960s.
Being A Mortician In A Community Ravaged By Coronavirus Pandemic
Friday, May 29, 2020, 6:00am
Tyrone Muhammad, also known as "Muhammad the Mortician," is the funeral director at Peace and Glory Home for Funerals in Newark, New Jersey. And he spent decades trying to stop the epidemic of gun violence in his community. But he told Charles Monroe-Kane of "To the Best of Our Knowledge" that nothing prepared him for the coronavirus pandemic.
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 23, 2020, 3:00pm
We’ve all been changed by the experience of living through a pandemic. We figured out how to sanitize groceries, mute ourselves on Zoom and keep from killing our roommates. But we’re also tackling bigger, existential questions — how can we, individually and collectively, find meaning in the experience of this pandemic?
Grief Is A Natural Response To The Pandemic, Says Psychologist
Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 6:00am
Psychologist and renowned grief expert David Kessler believes we’re living through an unprecedented experience of collective grief, and that how we recognize and respond to it will make all the difference in how we move forward — individually and collectively.
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 23, 2020, 3:00pm
We’ve all been changed by the experience of living through a pandemic. We figured out how to sanitize groceries, mute ourselves on Zoom and keep from killing our roommates. But we’re also tackling bigger, existential questions — how can we, individually and collectively, find meaning in the experience of this pandemic?
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 16, 2020, 3:00pm
MIllions of people are spending a lot of time right now playing Animal Crossing -- a video game populated by cartoon animals. They're not just playing the game -- they're meeting friends, organizing birthday parties, even chatting up politicians and celebrities. So is it a video game -- or real life? And what happens when they merge?
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 16, 2020, 3:00pm
MIllions of people are spending a lot of time right now playing Animal Crossing -- a video game populated by cartoon animals. They're not just playing the game -- they're meeting friends, organizing birthday parties, even chatting up politicians and celebrities. So is it a video game -- or real life? And what happens when they merge?
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 3:00pm
Feeling cooped up? Find out how to turn your daily walk into a restorative re-connection to the natural world. This week, we'll talk with famous walkers and naturalists about how we can all find solace in nature.
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 3:00pm
Feeling cooped up? Find out how to turn your daily walk into a restorative re-connection to the natural world. This week, we'll talk with famous walkers and naturalists about how we can all find solace in nature.
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 3:00pm
Feeling cooped up? Find out how to turn your daily walk into a restorative re-connection to the natural world. This week, we'll talk with famous walkers and naturalists about how we can all find solace in nature.
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 3:00pm
Feeling cooped up? Find out how to turn your daily walk into a restorative re-connection to the natural world. This week, we'll talk with famous walkers and naturalists about how we can all find solace in nature.
