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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A true story of 26 Mexican men who tried to cross the Sonoran desert into the US in 2001.  Only 12 of them survived. The others are known today as the “Yuma 14.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Poltergeists, ghosts, telepathy and other psychic phenomena used to be considered legitimate subjects for scientific research.  Historian Jeffrey Kripal recounts the intellectual history of the paranormal.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maybe the first step to beginning again is taking the time to remember - and, if necessary, mourn - what’s past.

Shortly after 9/11/01, Ilana Harlow talked about how creative rituals can help us.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Doug Gordon found Steve Nieve in Chicago and talked with him about his music and his collection of sounds.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steven Pinker tells Steve Paulson that parents don’t really have much to do with shaping their children’s personalities.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In Super Senses, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk talked about how trauma disrupts people's relationship with their body. This extended interview includes more on studies into how trauma rewires the brain, and how yoga can help people heal. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There's a short story about a guy who's so afraid of other people reading his mind that he wears a tin foil hat to protect his thoughts. The tin foil part is crazy, but protecting your mind is maybe not such a bad idea. Academic psychologist Rob Brotherton says there are certain psychological traits that predispose people to believe in conspiracy theories. For example, there's an experiment done by a group of psychologists in Amsterdam. It involves a group of subjects and a messy desk.

FIND OUT HOW LIKELY YOU ARE TO BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES BY TAKING ROB'S QUIZ.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Louisa May Alcott was no "little woman".  Biographer Harriet Reisen uncovers the fierce feminist behind "Little Women".

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