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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Tarahumara tribe of Mexico grow up running barefoot and live very long lives happily running into advanced old age...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Deborah Scranton, director of "The War Tapes," tells Jim Fleming that she got volunteers from the New Hampshire National Guard to record their experiences in combat in Iraq for one year.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker, recommends E.O. Wilson's "The Meaning of Human Existence."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher Colin McGinn talks about mental manipulation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Elizabeth Samet teaches literature to future Army officers at West Point. She tells Jim Fleming why her class reads Wilfred Owen and Homer, and what lessons they draw from the poetry.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Arthur Zajonc tells Jim Fleming that Einstein's idea of god is common to many top scientists.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 Getting words, quotes, even lines of verse inked under the skin is more common that you think. There’s even a name for it: Literary Tattoos

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