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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alison Hawthorne Deming reads "Chauvet" - her poem about the French cave with ancient art painted on its walls.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andre De Shields talks to Jim Fleming about his mission to win new roles for black actors, roles that are traditionally reserved for white actors.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton.  And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Aaron was born female and lived the first 29 years of his life as a girl named Sarah. He then went through the hormone and surgical therapies to become male and lives now as a gay man.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

One could argue that there's been no better time to be a consumer. With a few keystrokes, you could order most any good or service from the comfort of your own home. But does this convenience come at a cost? Journalist Paul Roberts says we're living in a culture of instant gratification, which has the potential to make us all isolated and shallow.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andrew Weil is one of the most influential voices in alternative medicine today.    In his latest, “Spontaneous Happiness,” Weil talks about living a life that promotes happiness and peace of mind.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For two years, medical anthropologist Seth Holmes followed and worked alongside migrant farm laborers all along the west coast. As part of his research, he even snuck in to the U.S. from Mexico, all in order to find out what life is like for an agricultural worker. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neurologist Alice Flaherty talks about the science behind writer’s block, and recounts her own experiences with hypergraphia.

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