Audio

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Starhawk is one of America’s best known witches. She tells Anne Strainchamps about the Pagan festival of Samhain and how the wiccan community celebrates it.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dance isn’t a performance; it’s life. That’s the philosophy of Sally Gross, one of the original members of the postmodern Judson Dance Theater, which is now celebrating its 40th anniversary.  In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Gross talks with Steve Paulson about the power of movement and breath, the influence of John Cage, and why dance requires stillness.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

“We gon’ be alright.” That line from Kendrik Lamar hit song, “Alright” became the rallying cry, an anthem, for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Those lines are also the title of Jeff Chang’s new book. In it Chang gives us powerful and provocative essays on race, desegregation and hip-hop.

Rehman Tungekar sat down with Chang to talk about the important role that hip hop plays in creating lasting political change.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

How does something as wet and gooshy as the brain produce consciousness, which is immaterial?  Steve Paulson reports on the debate among scientists and philosophers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What's the best way to fight the homogenization of America?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wild Forager Sam Thayer teaches classes on wild harvesting and says in his work, the first thing he has to deal with is fear.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Before the airplane was invented, ballooning was all the rage, and many people thought this was the future of air travel. Cultural historian Richard Holmes describes the remarkable history of the hot air balloon.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Film-maker Shu Kei tells Steve Paulson about his film, “A Queer Story.”  It’s the story of a gay couple in Hong Kong, and created a lot of discomfort for its straight audiences.

Pages

Subscribe to Audio