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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 Jane Walmsley is an American who’s lived in England for twenty five years.  Her book is “Brit-Think, Ameri-Think.”  She talks with Anne Strainchamps about how American attitudes differ from British ones.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Matt Haimovitz tells Steve Paulson why he plays music that goes so far beyond the standard repertoire, and why he plays it in bars and coffeehouses as well as concert halls.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Thurman tells Anne Strainchamps about the Buddhist concept of self and why it leads to compassion and understanding.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Punk legend Patti Smith.  40 years ago, she came out with the seminal punk album Horses –with cover photo by her friend and lover Robert Mappelthorpe.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When he was 9, Neil deGrasse Tyson fell in love with astrophysics during his first visit to a planetarium. He was, literally, star-struck, and now runs the Hayden Planetarium.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Doucet is the founder of the pioneering, Grammy Award-winning Cajun band, BeauSoleil. He also has an extensive background in arts education.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

British novelist Jim Crace is an atheist. He doesn't believe in an afterlife, and tells Jim Fleming that he intended his novel "Being Dead" to be a comfort to readers.

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