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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lola Pashalinski and Linda Chapman are actresses who wrote and perform a play called “Gertrude and Alice.”   They tell Steve Paulson about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What would make Christianity more vital in the 21st century?  Theologian Hal Taussig says one answer is "A New New Testament," which combines Gnostic gospels with the traditional New Testament scriptures - all within the same book.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can meditating for 10 days change your life? It has for dozens of inmates at a maximum security prison in Alabama who signed up for a grueling, intensive course of Vapassana meditation. Jenny Phillips tells the story in her documentary film "The Dhamma Brothers."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Phil Toledano was worried about the future.  So he decided to look it in the face.  He took a DNA test and hired a special effects makeup artist to help him become different versions of his future self.  Then he staged photos.  They're the subject of a new book, MAYBE, and a new film. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Justin O. Schmidt is a research biologist and professor at the University of Arizona School of Entomology.  He's the creator of Schmidt Sting Pain Index.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wisconsin Public Radio's Jim Fleming provides an essay about memory and his aging father.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Roald Hoffmann won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, but he’s also a poet. He thinks the two disciplines have a lot in common, and reads a couple of poems.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Before and since Keith Powell's breakthrough role on as Toofer on the sitcom "30 Rock," he has been forced to confront Hollywood's problem with black male voices. In this interview, he tells us how he works within an industry that desperately needs more diverse voices but doesn't truly want them.

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