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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Kaplan tells Jim Fleming that people had a lot of trouble accepting a mathematical symbol for the idea of nothing.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michio Kaku and Jim Fleming have a grand time exploring levels of impossibility and why the impossible just takes longer.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If your mind is nothing more than brain chemistry, do you have free will? In this EXTENDED interview, cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga says new brain science should change our thinking about this old philosophical question.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Justin O. Schmidt is a research biologist and professor at the University of Arizona School of Entomology.  He's the creator of Schmidt Sting Pain Index.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We found a modern-day huckster. His name is Rev. Ivan Stang and he’s the co-founder of a cult called The Church of the SubGenius.

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Musharraf Ali Farooqi is the translator of "The Adventures of Amir Hamza" and "Hoshruba."

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In this week in 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman portable cassette player. In our digital age the cassette is ancient history, right? Thank again.

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Before and since Keith Powell's breakthrough role on as Toofer on the sitcom "30 Rock," he has been forced to confront Hollywood's problem with black male voices. In this interview, he tells us how he works within an industry that desperately needs more diverse voices but doesn't truly want them.

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