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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Artist Ra Poulette is the subject of the 2014 Academy Award nominated documentary short called Cavedigger. 

To see the trailer CLICK HERE.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Astrophysicist Max Tegmark's Dangerous Idea?  We are more significant than we think.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychiatrist Darold Treffert regards savants as "islands of genius."  He talks about a lifetime of studying savant syndrome.

You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chris Hardman decided to redesign the calendar, representing time and the seasons the way we experience them in the natural world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We hear an excerpt from David Isay’s documentary about the traditional gospel quartets of Jefferson County, Alabama.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif tells Steve Paulson about the minimal lasting impact of the British occupation of her country, and why she lives and writes in Britain.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In 2011, as Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York City, poet Edward Hirsch learned that his 22-year old son Gabriel had died from a bad drug reaction and subsequent seizure. Later, Hirsch composed “Gabriel,” a book-length elegy poem about his relationship with his son, and his loss.

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