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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Geneticist Steve Jones tells Jim Fleming that biologically men, who have a Y chromosome, are the second sex.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi explores one of the Cold War's most controversial figures in her book "The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive science of Thermonuclear War."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Suppose you could remember every day of your life. Would that be a blessing or a curse? For Jill Price it's been a burden. She has a very rare form of memory that gives her nearly total recall.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

First Amendment lawyer Ron Collins talks with Steve Paulson about the renegade comedian and junkie Lenny Bruce who was repeatedly arrested for obscenity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ryan Nerz talks with Steve Paulson about competitive eating as a bona fide sport modeled on the world wrestling federation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Polar science becomes art in the hands of novelist Lucy Jane Bledsoe ("Big Bang Symphony") and musician Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky). Here are some of their impressions of the continent they can't forget.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scott A. Lukas is a cultural anthropologist and a former trainer at Six Flags Astroworld in Houston.  He's also the author of "Theme Park," which chronicles the evolution of the theme park.

Scott Lukas' website.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

“How To Lose Friends and Alienate People” is the title of Toby Young’s memoir of his experience working for “Vanity Fair” magazine. The book was so successful, Young turned it into a play. 

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