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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Arthur Zajonc tells Jim Fleming that Einstein's idea of god is common to many top scientists.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Elliot Perlman is a Barrister in his native Australia. He’s also the author of a novel called “Seven Types of Ambiguity,” told by seven different narrators.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dan Barber's organic farm with acres of greenhouses and free range livestock embodies Barber's belief in the imperative to rebuild a sense of connection with where our food comes from.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Take a quick trip through some classic songs of loneliness, from the Stanley Brothers, Roy Orbison and others, and we hear them all.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ilse Blansert says that the community that's grown up around ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) has helped her overcome insomnia, anxiety and an eating disorder. In this extended conversation, she talks about how she discovered that there was a name of the tingles she experiences, and the book she's working on about the phenomenon.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chuck Close, a painter famous for his huge canvases and his uncanny ability to portray his subjects with almost photographic realism. He has a neurological condition that prevents him from recognizing people's faces.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuro-psychologist Brian Butterworth tells Jim Fleming about his work with people who’ve lost their number sense.  Butterworth thinks we’re all hard-wired to recognize and manipulate numbers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel B. Smith tells Anne Strainchamps that both his father and grandfather heard voices, but led perfectly ordinary lives.

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