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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We go to recess with the Randall Elementary 4th Graders.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

He meditates 5 hours every day, charms nearly everyone he meets and urges us to be happy and compassionate. The Dalai Lama is now 80. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman reflects on the life and legacy of a singular figure in today's world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rupert Sheldrake may be the most famous scientific heretic in the modern world. On the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn’s landmark book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” Sheldrake does his own paradigm busting.  In this UNCUT interview, he tells Steve why he believes scientific dogmas are preventing real intellectual inquiry.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jessica Hopper is a rock critic with a secret.  She hates music festivals.  After more than a decade covering Lollapalooza, Bonaroo and all the rest, she finally called it quits.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Author Sam Harris's Dangerous Idea? Free will may be an illusion.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scientists are combing the universe for signs of exoplanets -- planets that orbit a star other than our sun.  They're finding them in record numbers.  Most believe it's only a matter of time before they find an exoplanet that can -- and perhaps does -- suppport life.  Sara Seager is a planetary scientist at M.I.T. and one of the pioneers of the field. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

"There is nothing romantic about death," Christian Wiman says.

The poet and editor of Poetry Magazine has been battling blood cancer for years. In his most recent book of poems he breathes life into writing about mortality.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In a small studio in Brooklyn, one artist is reimagining selfies. Erin Riley finds online self-portraits and transforms them into larger-than-life tapestries. The woven women don’t have faces… but they do have stories.

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