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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Karen Slavick-Lennard's husband talks in his sleep - and says the craziest things.  We talk with Karen and hear audio excerpts of "sleep talkin' man."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Master gardener Michael Pollan talks about his youthful experiment with growing marijuana and explains how the war on drugs spurred growers into developing a stronger, hardier plant.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What are the basic buildings blocks of the universe?  Some physicists now say they're not subatomic particles or even the laws of physics, but information itself.  Physicist Paul Davies explains.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marcel Danesi tells Steve Paulson why it’s dangerous for a culture when its members forsake maturity and wisdom in favor of a search for eternal youth.  

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kevin Jennings grew up gay in the South as the son of a fundamentalist preacher.  He later founded GLSEN, advocacy group for gay and lesbian students.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Milwaukee computer programmer Mohan Embar describes competing for -- and winning -- the 2012 Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence. His chat bot, Chip Vivant, was the most "human computer" of the year. But it still couldn't pass the Turing Test.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mark Katz tells Jim Fleming what a presidential joke writer does, how his team managed to get through the Lewinsky affair and what taught Bill Clinton the value of self-deprecating humor.

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Joel Hirschorn thinks urban sprawl is a terrible idea and tells Steve Paulson all the reasons why.

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