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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Madeline Kunin was the first female governor of Vermont - she served three terms and went on to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Education in the Clinton Administration.  So, ask a product of feminism where the movement is heading next and she'll tell you, it's all about women, work, and family.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Where does the idea of "being spiritual, not religious" come from?  It might be William James and his classic book "The Varieties of Religious Experience." 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sometimes beginning again means leaving an old life behind.

For Michelle Kennedy and her three children, that led to living in their car.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nina Paley has made a film using animation, Indonesian shadow puppets and a ‘20s era jazz singer to re-tell the story from the Ramayana of the marriage of the Hindu god Rama and his wife, Sita.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Updike talks with Steve Paulson about the business of being interviewed.  Updike is skittish about giving interviews, but often finds himself saying more than he’d planned once he gets going.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Joseph Persico tells Jim Fleming that Roosevelt loved the thrilling, clandestine aspects of espionage, and had to learn to appreciate the advantages of electronic spying.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maureen Adams tells Jim Fleming about the dogs who were the companions and inspiration of some of our greatest women writers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Documentary film-maker Errol Morris has made a film called "Standard Operating Procedure" about the American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. Morris and journalist Philip Gourevitch have written a companion book. 

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