There are lots of good reasons for belonging to an automobile service club like Triple A, but way down deep, you really only do it for the Trip-Tiks. In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, maps and the imagination. We'll consider what kind of information belongs on a map - geographical,...
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Whether you call them graphic novels or comic books, there’s no denying that they offer limitless creative storytelling possibilities. Chris Ware and Marjane Satrapi are two of the most critically-acclaimed graphic novelists. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Ware and Satrapi will...
"We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress." So said Tennessee Williams. Inventor and visionary Ray Kurzweil believes the new, improved version of humanity could feature computers the size of blood cells implanted in our brains....
You remember the good old days, don't you? The music was better. The food was better. Cars were better. Everything was better really. Now, everything is all fancy and everyone is in a big rush. But not back then... Those were the days, weren't they? In this hour of To The...
You might have thought that the ukulele was gone for good after Tiny Tim tiptoed through the tulips for the umpteenth time. But singer/songwriter Victoria Vox is doing her part to bring the ukulele back into popular music. In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll meet Victoria Vox....
They say his stare could give you ulcers or migraines. It could even drive you crazy. In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, the greatest chess player ever, Garry Kasparov. His most famous opponent was the IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue. Kasparov shocked the chess world when, at...
Here's a conundrum. Some say the number of Americans who read books for pleasure is at an all time low, yet the internet's teeming with literary blogs, and just about everyone who cares about writing has a manuscript of their own stashed in a desk drawer somewhere. In this hour of To The Best Of...
Susan Krieger knew she was losing her sight, but she still didn't want to admit she was going blind. Then one day she stepped off a curb and a car hit her. After that, she took lessons walking with a white cane, and learned how to hear buildings as she passed them. In this hour of To The...
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