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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nearly 600,000 people are homeless on any given night in America, and despite the obstacles, some do ultimately find their way out. Victor McDonald is one who did.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Carl Safina tells Jim Fleming about the leatherback turtle, which has been around for a hundred million years.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Leslie Jamison bookmarks "Orphans" by Charles D'Ambrosio.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eric Morel is boxing’s flyweight World Champion. He was born in Puerto Rico but now lives and trains in Wisconsin.  TTBOOK’s Charles Monroe Kane joined Morel at the gym for a day.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Kilcullen was a top military advisor to General Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq. He tells Anne Strainchamps that most counter-insurgency efforts fail because foreign armies usually galvanize opposition from local people.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cornel West and Tavis Smiley take on the mainstream media and the political establishment.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brother Guy Consolmagno, author of “Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist,” talks wit Jim Fleming about the historic rift between science and religion.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We've turned our hearts over to software; 30 million Americans have online dating profiles. About one-fifth of all new relationships in North America start with people meeting online. 

So far, the algorithms don't seem to know much more than we do, about what we're looking for.

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