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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Louise Barnett, author of tells Jim Fleming about the case of Captain Andrew Geddes, who was tried and convicted of slandering a fellow officer, even though the man was clearly guilty of sexually abusing his daughter. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Marcinko is CEO of a private security firm which trains mercenaries and he candidly tells Steve Paulson about waging war and interrogating prisoners from a mercenary's point of view.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jill Price can remember every day of her life since the age of 14.  She's one of only half a dozen people diagnosed with "hyperthymesia" - a fancy word for nearly total recall. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marti Leimbach is an autism activist and successful novelist. She talks about her own experiences trying to get help for her autistic son.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist John Colapinto reads from and tells Jim Fleming about his book “About the Author,” in which a writer steals a manuscript from his room-mate and claims it as his own.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mead McCormick is one of 100 finalists for the Mars One program, a private venture that hopes to start a colony on Mars by 2027. She talks to Anne Strainchamps about what attracted her to the project, what she imagines it will look like, and her fears about the blackness of space.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Meg Graham is the co-author (with Alec Shuldiner) of “Corning and the Craft of Innovation.”  She says that Corning has a long tradition of nurturing innovation and accommodating eccentricity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cosmologist Paul Davies talks with Steve Paulson about the anthropic principle and proposes that we live in a "participatory" universe - a premise he explores in his book, "Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life."

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