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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When he was 14, Paul Menendez went to Havana in 1966 to study music. He stayed...changed his name to Pablo, and ever since he's lived in Cuba, where he's now a famous jazz musician. Sitting on his Havana rooftop, Pablo tells Steve Paulson this remarkable story.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alex Kerr tells Jim Fleming that the administration of daily life in Japan is completely divorced from politics and that Japan spends some 40 percent of its budget on construction.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andrew Woodcock and Chris Strong are meteorologists and moonlight as a band. They tell Anne Strainchamps how the weather finds its way into their lyrics.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In EXTENDED interview, Al Gore talks with Steve Paulson about his book “The Future,”  why he believes the Internet is the most powerful tool ever created by humans, and why he’s hopeful about our capacity to deal  with climate change.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

As a history professor, Anders Henriksson has had plenty of opportunity to collect mistakes and bloopers from term papers and college exams.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne Strainchamps reports on the new vogue for hand-made goods in America. She visits a major crafts show and speaks with vendors and shoppers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher Lars Svendsen talks about how fashion--the search for the new, for the sake of novelty--was born during the early renaissance, with the rise of Modern individuality. He says fashion shapes not just the clothes we wear, but almost every part of our lives.

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