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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sandra Luckow is a ventriloquist herself, who tells him Fleming about her relationship with her "carved figure" Juanito.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Are political beliefs predetermined at birth?  Encoded in our genes? Political scientist John Hibbing does fMRI studies of liberal and conserative brains and says there are significant biological differences. His message: stop yelling at the other party.  They can't help what they think. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steven Biel talks about Grant Woods' iconic American painting: who the models were; how the painting's been received and why it's so often parodied.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There may be as many opinions about selfies as there are Twitter handles. Are they self-empowerment, or narcissism? Are they just personal branding? Or can they be art? Writer and critic Sarah Nicole Prickett came in to give us a primer.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

It's not just the movies that offer sequels. Susan Heyboer O'Keefe's new novel is called "Frankenstein's Monster"...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In a small studio in Brooklyn, one artist is reimagining selfies. Erin Riley finds online self-portraits and transforms them into larger-than-life tapestries. The woven women don’t have faces… but they do have stories.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sjon is the Icelandic trickster, drawing on Icelandic sagas and surrealism to write his mythic stories.  He tells Steve Paulson why we need to re-enchant the world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Walter Isaacson tells Steve Paulson that Einstein had a rebellious nature and that he didn't impress his teachers.

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