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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 

David Couper was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than 20 years. In his new book "Arrested Development" he talks about his years of service. He says that less than one percent of police departments require college degrees from their officers.  If he could change only one thing, that would be it. In this uncut interview with Jim Fleming, he relates his argument.
 
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Erin Morgenstern has written a dark fairy tale for adults.  At the center of the novel is a magical circus.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

FMA Live! is a multi-media theatrical presentation that tours schools using a hip hop beat to teach Newton's Three Laws of Motion.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ritu is a London based DJ who’s compiled a new collection called “The Rough Guide to Bollywood.”  She describes the booming Indian movie business.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scott Carrier is a Peabody award winning radio journalist who takes the time to really interview and listen to folks other journalist tend to not take seriously. Like those men in Oregon who are occupying federal land. Anne Strainchamps asked Scott what the men there were like.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

With digital data streaming online, how do you make sense of it all? Data journalist David McCandless says, make it beautiful.

Want to see some of McCandless's visualizations? Take a look!

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Duncan Watts is the author of "Everything Is Obvious*: *Once You Know the Answer."  He tells Jim Fleming how common sense often fails us.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

NPR religion reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a practicing Christian who interviewed mystics, skeptics and a wide range of scientists to see if her faith could really stand up to the latest scientific research.

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