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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Signe Pike chucked her job at a NY publishing house to looking for fairies in Mexico and the British Isles.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For some Evangelicals, faith is manifested through "gifts of the spirit." Jovita Hogan is a member of the Fountain of Life Covenant church in Madison, WI.  She introduces us to her gift, of speaking in tongues.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Late in lafe, former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara admitted the Vietnam War was a huge mistake, but he always avoided questions of personal responsibility. Docmentary filmmaker Errol Morris reflects on McNamara's struggle with his own conscience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What does your name say about you? Psychoanalyst Mavis Himes helps clients uncover the invisible family legacies hidden in names. She talks about what it means to truly own and inhabit your name.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

"Welcome to the Voice" is a new opera, available on CD. Steve Nieve - long time keyboard player  for Elvis Costello - composed the music, and Muriel Teodori wrote the libretto.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The common wisdom is that we’re getting more violent all the time. Witness the genocides and world wars of the last century. But cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker says we have it all wrong. And in his 800 page book “The Better Angels of Ourselves” he makes the case for how violence has declined.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

How do you get an atheist neuroscientist interested in spirituality? For Sam Harris, it started with LSD and other psychedelic drugs. They got him interested in mindfulness, meditation and consciousness. With a new book out called Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, he talked with TTBOOK about atheism and mystery. Here are some of the interview highlights, and the audio of the complete conversation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In John Hunter's 4th grade classroom, kids don't just do arithmetic and spelling.  They save the world.  John's  epic "World Peace Game" is the subject of a book and documentary.

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