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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

How did non-life become life? University of Wisconsin geochemist Nita Sahai talks with Anne Strainchamps about how life might have begun on Earth.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Gurian is an educator and therapist and author of “The Wonder of Girls.”  He gives Jim Fleming some advice about helping girls master math.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lawrence Millman wrote the foreward and saw through the publication of Edward Beauclerk Maurice's diary.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rebecca Goldstein explains how Spinoza envisioned God and why his conception appealed to later scientists like Einstein.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jim Fleming talks with Mairin Ui Cheide, a sean-nos singer. Sean-nos is old-style traditional singing where songs usually tell a story.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Schaffer didn't want to be one of THOSE people who take excessive care of their pets, but found himself realizing that the line between normal and extreme has made a major shift in our culture in the last fifteen years.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Patricia O’Connor tells Jim Fleming there’s nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive and that people should stop trying to make English behave like Latin.

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