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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Madison, Wisconsin, which recently saw a new type of leaderless social media revolution in full bloom.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dr. Mark Clanton talks with Jim Fleming about new directions in cancer research and the new targeted treatment drugs.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eli Pariser is twenty two years old, and the International Campaign Director of MoveOn.Org.  He talks about what the Internet has done for the global Peace Movement, and why he considers their work against the war in Iraq successful.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

An algorithm might not be able to spit out a chart-topping song —at least not yet—but it might be able to help you write a best-selling novel.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Clio Cresswell tells Steve Paulson that out of 100 possible partners, you’re mathematically likely to make the right choice if you pick the most attractive person who’s left after 37 dates.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We needed a working definition of the word “scoundrel”.   For that, we headed to lexicographer Erin McKean.  She’s the founder and CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik.  She was also the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary.  Steve Paulson sat down with her.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

B.J. Novak's Dangerous Idea?  The artist Christo designing a roller coaster inspired by life.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Danielle Ofri is a practicing physician today.   It’s a life she owes in part to mentors like "Joseph Sitkin", who taught her as a resident..  In her essay “Intensive Care” from the book “Writer, MD” – she describes her time as a young doctor and the emotional price that can come with a license to practice medicine.

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