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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Amy Borkowsky’s mother leaves unbelievable messages on her answering machine.  She tells Steve Paulson that what her mother does is based on love and her devotion to the role of mother.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

With plastic surgery business growing dramatically in the United States, liposuction and breast augmentation are the most popular procedures.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ani Pachen is a Tibetan nun who became a warrior after the Chinese invaded.  With Adelaide Donnelley, she’s written her story in a book called “Sorrow Mountain: The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Shattered by her father's sudden death, writer Helen Macdonald began dreaming of wild hawks.  In an effort to move beyond her grief, she bought and trained a wild goshawk -- one of the world's fiercest birds of prey.   But between the bird and her grief, she became, in her words "more hawk than human."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Former Vice President Al Gore helped bring global warming into public consciousness. Despite the dire projections of rising temperatures, he says he's still an optimist.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andreas Dilschneider is the spokesperson for the World Chess Boxing Organization. From Berlin, he tells Anne Strainchamps what they do and why.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fairy tales are part of all our lives, whether it's Snow White or Cinderella of Little Red Riding Hood.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wanna make it in America, a good education gets you a long way, right?. That’s especially true if you’re not a white kid from a high income family. Parents and filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson have just released an astounding documentary about their son's journey through an elite New York prep school.

You can also hear our uncut conversation with them.

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