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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What is normal? "Normal" is a social construct, not a medical one and society should learn to embrace diversity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Who was the real Henry David Thoreau?  He wasn't exaclty an environmentalist, and "Walden" didn't simply describe his time living by the pond.  Jeffrey Cramer looks at the man behind the myth.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kim Evans talks about her essay, "Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter."  The essay is from the book, "The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jill Price has total recall of her life from the age of about 14. They still don't know why, but hope to understand someday and use that knowledge to help other people

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

You know poems can be different things to different people: solace, a call to action, beauty. A reflection on war. But to Rae Armantrout there’s one thing that all poetry should be - read out loud.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maryam Eskandari is a mosque architect and founder of MIIM Designs.  She say most non-Muslims think designing a mosque is full of rules. But it’s not. She told Charles Monroe-Kane that the only rule is you have to point out the direction to Mecca. This is called the marabji.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ernest Callenbach’s “Ecotopia” was the bible of a certain kind of environmental activist, back in the 70’s.  Producer Charles Monroe-Kane was one of them.  He tells us what it was like to try to live the dream. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson introduces us to Mark Oliver Everett, better known as "E" - lead singer of the Eels, and son of Hugh Everett, the man who came up with the theory of parallel worlds.

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