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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anthropologist Katherine Frank tells Steve Paulson who goes to strip clubs and what they’re looking for.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The French have a curatorial attitude toward their language, but in fact they add new words all the time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Muffy Mead-Ferro recalls her one and only experience of scrap-booking. She is the author of “Confessions of a Slacker Mom.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In the mid-80's the metal band Winger topped the charts with hits like "Seventeen." Then Grunge came along and left bands like Winger in the dust.  Now, Kip Winger is back on top with a new CD that debuted at #1 on the music charts.  Only this time, he's rocking the classical charts. His new album is "Conversations with Nijinsky"-- orchestral compositions performed by the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.   

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kim Hiss tells Anne Strainchamps about her first hunt. Kim Hiss is an Associate Editor for Field and Stream Magazine and blogs as Huntress.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rob Nixon grew up near the ostrich farms of South Africa.  He tells Steve Paulson about the 19th century fashion craze for ostrich plumes and the fortunes it created.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marian Salzman is director of strategic content for J. Walter Thompson, America's largest advertising firm.  She comments on the rising economic importance of China and India.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mitchell is a literary virtuoso, best known for his 2004 novel “Cloud Atlas.”  He’s famous for the intricate structure of his novels - which weave together multiple narrators, interconnected stories and even different genres  - all within the same book.  He’s done it again with “The Bone Clocks."

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