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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There are lots of ways we identify ourselves – where we come from, our race, our religion… but perhaps nothing shapes our identity more than whether we’re a man or a woman. But even that can get really complicated.  Independent producer Aubrey Ralph explains.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Copernicus changed the world with his revolutionary idea that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of our solar system.  Dava Sobel tells us why this momentous discovery wasn't easy for Copernicus himself.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cheri Register is the author of “Packinghouse Daughter:  A Memoir.”  She talks about her visit with her sixth grade class to the meat-packing plant where her father worked.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ericka Kreutz and Robert Quinlan from the Madison Repertory Theatre production of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Proof,” talk with Anne Strainchamps, and perform excerpts from the play.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Grinspoon is the author of “Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sarah Lewis bookmarks "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 Dan Janzen is one of the world’s leading tropical biologists.  He’s discovered some 9,000 species of caterpillars in Costa Rica.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There’s a MIT professor who wants to build a time machine. Grant McCracken is working on a conceptual device that will help us get to the future faster, by understanding the trends that are shaping the world to come.

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