Audio

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Geneticist Steve Jones tells Jim Fleming that biologically men, who have a Y chromosome, are the second sex.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Terri Jentz is the author of "Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself," talks with Anne Strainchamps.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

First Amendment lawyer Ron Collins talks with Steve Paulson about the renegade comedian and junkie Lenny Bruce who was repeatedly arrested for obscenity.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Theseus killed the Minotaur in the maze in Crete thousands of years ago. Well, according to Steven Sherrill, the Minotaur is now a short- order cook in the American South.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ward Cunningham invented the wiki in 1995. Can the wiki way save the internet?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Shaun Whitehead is a veteran treasure hunter.  He tells Anne Strainchamps about his quests for treasure and his treasure-hunting club.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a biologist, a writer, and a member of the Potawatomi nation.  In her essay collection, "Braiding Sweetgrass," she weaves scientific knowledge and indigenous wisdom into a deeper understanding of the nature of plant life.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

"I can't remember a time when I wasn't drawing," says Molly Crabapple. "I can't not draw. It's how I relate to the world." And Crabapple's art - her drawings, paintings and posters - have ignited various political causes, from the Occupy Movement to protests against the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo. She tells Anne Strainchamps how art can be a political tool. 

Pages

Subscribe to Audio