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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Louann Brizendine tells Jim Fleming that male brains are fueled by testosterone and female brains are fueled by estrogen and that they are chemically and physically different from each other.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The evidence is mounting... "we" are mostly who we think we are. Our identities are mental constructs, cobbled together from memory and stories. Jonathan Adler gives us a crash course in narrative identity and mental health. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For years, Paul Ewald's been trying to convince people that cancer is caused by germs, not genes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Travel writer Tony Perrotet has spent his career traveling all over the globe, but he skipped the Mediterranean tour, choosing Tierra del Fuego or the Amazon over Rome. But the discovery of an ancient guide book launched him on his most exotic journey yet, in the footsteps of the Ancients.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nicholson Baker's latest novel is called "The Anthologist." Baker tells Anne Strainchamps the book's about a writer who longs to be a poet.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jimmy Palmieri talks with Anne Strainchamps about living with intractable pain.  Palmieri describes his life and explains how he became a chef in spite of his illness.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Singer and pianist Marcia Ball talks about the various kinds of Blues and how they differ from what she usually plays.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

April is National Poetry Month and we’re celebrating with a collection of interviews with major American poets.  Today, Charles Monroe-Kane talks with Pulitzer-prize winning poet Rae Armantrout.

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