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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Frans de Waal talks with Jim Fleming about chimps, who can be aggressive and violent, and bonobos, who are mama's boys and like sex.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Cavicchi spent three years talking to his fellow  Bruce Springsteen fans. The result is a book called “Tramps Like Us: Music and Meaning among Springsteen Fans.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

British comedian Dave Gorman decided to meet as many of the people who share his name as possible.  His hobby turned into a hit one-man stage show and a book called “Are You Dave Gorman?”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alba is a real rabbit, created in a lab and genetically modified to glow in the dark.  Eduardo Kac talks about the moral and ethical implications of art using living subjects.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Edmund White recommends Henry Green's 1950 novel, "Nothing."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Hancocks Jim Fleming why zoos should cater to the needs of their animals, not their visitors and that zoos need to evolve into institutions concerned with the long term survival of animals and their habitats.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brian Jones is an actor portraying Karl Marx in "Marx in Soho."  Jones tells Judith Strasser some of the details about Marx that helped him nail the character.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There are lots of ways we identify ourselves – where we come from, our race, our religion… but perhaps nothing shapes our identity more than whether we’re a man or a woman. But even that can get really complicated.  Independent producer Aubrey Ralph explains.

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