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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philip Milano is the author of “Why Do White People Smell Like Dogs When They Come Out of the Rain?” and founder of the controversial Web site, Y-Forum.com.  He tells Anne Strainchamps his goal is to increase understanding between the races.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Biologist Renee Askins tells Anne Strainchamps why she is passionate about wolves, and why she was determined to re-introduce wolves to Yellowstone National Park.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig-Nobel Prizes, says who this years winners are and that the purpose of the awards is to make people laugh, and then think.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Suppose you drank too much at that party last night and some embarrassing pictures of you got posted on Facebook. Do you have a right to delete them? In Europe, you now have that legal right. But Georgetown University's Meg Jones says Americans are still sorting out conflicting demands for privacy and free speech in the digital age.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jason Pfaff wants to eat in every single Denny’s.  He’s made it to a few hundred so far.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What's it like to win a MacArthur "genius" award?  Fiction writer Karen Rusell tells Anne Strainchamps about the day she heard the news, and talks about her special blend of fantasy and realism in her short stories.

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Merian C. Cooper dreamed up the original "King Kong." Cooper was an Indiana Jones - type figure himself.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthropologist Jeremy Narby went to the Peruvian Amazon to study the Ashaninca Indians.  The experience transformed his outlook on life, especially once he tried their powerful hallucinogen ayahuasca. 

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