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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mark Pendergrast tells Jim Fleming that mirrors were important in many ancient human cultures and recounts his experiences in a mirror maze. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Janice Galloway has written a novel called “Clara.” It tells the life story of Clara Schumann, the gifted pianist who was the wife of composer Robert Schumann.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Matthew Carter designed Verdana, the internet font; Helvetica, the most ubiquitous font family in the world; and Bell Centennial, the phone book font.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuroscientist Richie Davidson has developed an entirely new model for understanding the science of emotions.  He talks about this paradigm shift and the personal journey that led to it. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

People do without money in many different ways – from simple bartering to using bitcoin on-line. A group of parents in Madison did it by creating a babysitting coop.

Want to start your own babysitting COOP? Here are their guidelines.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Art critic and historian Michael Fried talks about his early days in New York and his friendship with the gifted and difficult dean of American critics, Clement Greenberg.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Frances Perkins was the woman behind the New Deal as she was sworn in as Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt.

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