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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

University of Tennessee Associate Professor Amy Elias identifies the three types of postmodernism for Jim Fleming.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For 26 years, Dan Pierotti knew — really knew — that his days were numbered. In 1988 he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. In this first installment of his story, the former Lutheran minister talks about his feelings on death and the afterlife.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Information overload seems to be the quintessential 21st century problem.  Actually, people have worried about this for centuries, going back to the ancient Romans.  Ann Blair provides a short history of information-gathering.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If gender’s a role we’re all playing, and new roles are emerging, maybe it's time for new costumes. 

A new company in San Francisco is making clothes specifically for butch women and transmen. Saint Harridan’s first order just arrived, and we were there as customers suited up… 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif tells Steve Paulson about the minimal lasting impact of the British occupation of her country, and why she lives and writes in Britain.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 “Alif the Unseen” is steeped in an old tradition. It’s a book of magic about a book of magic.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andreas Viestad tells Jim Fleming some of his adventures shooting the “New Scandinavian Cooking” series that aired last year on PBS.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Donovan Campbell was a Marine lieutenant who served three combat deployments as a company commander – two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for his time in Iraq.

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