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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Performance artist Tim Miller focuses on dimensions of his life as a gay man in his work.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Shirley Cunningham is a former nun and the author of “Chasing God.”  She tells Steve Paulson about her spiritual quest for feminine images of the Divine, including the Black Madonna.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When Tracy Gary inherited a million dollars, she decided to give it all away. As a philanthropic advisor, she's now helping others do the same.

She spoke with Jim Fleming about transforming the culture of the so-called "one percent", and the hidden gifts of giving.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Thinking about taking piano lessons at 69? Or violin at 73? Maybe guitar after you retire? Well, even if you're not thinking about those things, maybe you should be. According to Francine Toder, author of “The Vintage Years,” learning a musical instrument is one of the best things you can do for your mind and body as you get older.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ward Cunningham invented the wiki in 1995. Can the wiki way save the internet?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Brown was an abolitionist who from the beginning was committed to the abolition of slavery and called for ending it through armed insurrection.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In Siberia, for centuries, people have lived in cooperation with reindeer. Anthropologist Piers Vitebsky tells some tales of the Reindeer People.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

With the Carolina Panthers facing off against the Denver Broncos in Superbowl 50, football is on our minds this week. And for many of the millions of fans who tune in every Sunday to watch their favorite teams compete, football is little more than a weekly ritual. For English professor Mark Edmundson, the football field is a staging ground for some of life's most important lessons. In his book "Why Football Matters," Edmundson looks back to his own high school years playing the sport and reflects on how it taught him courage, resilience, determination, and other values he'd draw on as an adult.

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