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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When Stephen Wolfram was 17, he dropped out of college. By the time he was 21, he had a Ph.D. in physics and was one of the first recipients of a MacArthur Genius Award. Today, he is the CEO of Wolfram Research and owner of one of the largest individual datasets in the world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Intrepid TTBOOK intern John Pederson visits local bee keeper Mary Seeley as she's setting up some new hives.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter Klimley is the world’s leading expert on Hammerhead and Great White sharks. He tells Jim Fleming what Hollywood got wrong in “Jaws."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The documentary film "The Brooklyn Connection" shows how a Brooklyn immigrant raised over 30 million dollars to arm and supply the Kosovo Liberation Army.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bernan McKinney received the first commercially cloned dog.

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Paul Hawken is the author of "Blessed Unrest." He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the quantity and variety of people and organizations involved in the global activism movement.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Colgan, director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, co-produced “Beckett on Film.”  He talks about the challenges of turning 19 of Samuel Beckett’s plays into films.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Poetry Foundation's mandate is to support "a vigorous presence for poetry." In our digital age, that means getting poems onto our screens, big and small. Catherine Halley run the Foundation's digital programs. 

Also, you can hear more poems from Nikki Giovanni here!

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