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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Damali Ayo runs the website rent-a-negro.com. She's written a book called "How To Rent A Negro."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scientists believe that near-death experiences are real, but there is much debate why they occur and what they might mean. Here's a quick primer on some of the leading thinkers in the field.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi followed Youssou N'Dour and his band after the album came out and produced a documentary called "I Bring What I Love."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bill Bryson talks with Jim Fleming about the personal stories of some of the people who made great scientific discoveries.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Erik Durschmied tells Steve Paulson about some of the significant battles throughout history that turned on a change in the weather.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Jill Lepore talks about her restless search for the long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time."  It ran some nine million words and was supposedly the work of a madman named Joe Gould, who believed he was the 20th century's most brilliant historian.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Steven Pinker's Dangerous Idea? We may be living in the most peaceful time of our species’ existence.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming that it’s OK to eat chocolate and has the data to prove it.

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