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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Lloyd Young is starring as Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons in "Jersey Boys." He tells Anne Strainchamps why he decided to become an actor.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can you fall in love with anyone?  More than 20 years ago, psychologist Arthur Aron made two strangers fall in love in his laboratory.   How?  He asked them 36 questions.    This year, Mandy Len Catron tried out the 36 questions with a guy she barely knew.  Now they’re in love.  

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Many people don't know that the voice of Bart Simpson is really Nancy Cartwright.  She started doing voices in her early teens, and credits Daws Butler with teaching her to be an actor with her voice.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Imagine living an entire year without money.  And I mean no money. No cash. No credit cards. Nothing. Where do you live? What do you eat? How do you wash? What do you do?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Martin Norden tells Anne Strainchamps that the disabled have been in films from the beginning, but only as stereotypes: bad disabled people get killed off, while good disabled people get cured.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

So, what is gender anyhow? Philosopher Judith Butler has been unpacking our notions of "he," "she" and "we" for the past 20 years. She stopped in to help us take stock of the state of gender in the North America.

Hear the extended interview, here.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Plant biologist Nicholas Harberd took a year off to study a common weed - the thalecress - that  he found growing in a country churchyard.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nuala O’Faolain tells Jim Fleming one of her novels is based on an adulterous affair across class lines in Ireland during the potato famine.

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