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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Novacek is a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History.  Novacek talks with Steve Paulson about some of his most famous discoveries. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Carthusian order of Monks believe in complete withdrawal from the world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Who was the real Henry David Thoreau?  He wasn't exaclty an environmentalist, and "Walden" didn't simply describe his time living by the pond.  Jeffrey Cramer looks at the man behind the myth.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jill Price has total recall of her life from the age of about 14. They still don't know why, but hope to understand someday and use that knowledge to help other people

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The stereotype of photojournalists is that they’re adrenaline junkies.  Risk takers.  But they're often surprisingly humble about their work -- maybe because their job is to erase themselves, to become the lens that lets us see the world.  Here photojournalist Brendan Bannon talks about finding beauty in the midst of suffering and about a photo he took at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Indian film-maker Mira Nair talks with Jim Fleming about being a woman director, and combining stories from East and West.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We hear a depression story from 98 year old Nicholas J. Miller.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Some people went to war, some went to Canada, and others did alternative service. Coleman went to prison for refusing to fight. His memoir, “Spoke” tells the story of how he decided. 

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