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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ellen Prager wants you to care about the oceans. She’s a writer and former chief scientist of the Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only undersea research station. Her latest book is called “Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime."  She says we ignore the oceans at our own peril.

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He traveled the Amazon in search of drug-induced visionary experiences. That wild adventure led to a lifelong study of hallucinogens.

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Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming that it’s OK to eat chocolate and has the data to prove it.

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With “Hallucinations,” Oliver Sacks has written one of his most personal books.  In this NEW and EXTENDED interview, Sacks talks about his personal history with hallucinogens back in the 60s, as well as ecstatic experiences induced by temporal lobe epilepsy, and also how a mysterious voice in his head once saved Sacks’ life.

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Dave Soldier is a neurologist with an unusual hobby.  He teaches elephants to play musical instruments.

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Do physicists think about End Times? Noted string theorist Brian Greene does. He looks into the far future - billions of years from now - and sees a very dark universe.

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Photographer Sarah Sudhoff has made art out of death.

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Dana Lindaman tells Anne Strainchamps that Americans should remember that other countries have different views of America.

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