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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Could LSD boost your creativity?  Yes, says psychologist Jim Fadiman, a pioneer in psychedelics research and one of the founders of the transpersonal pychology movement.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Gates Gill was born into privilege and handed a job at the country's most prestigious advertising firm. Much to his own surprise, he went to work behind the counter at Starbucks and has never been happier.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

How do you set poetry to music?  Grammy Award-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider did it with Ted Kooser's poems, sung by Dawn Upshaw.  She tells Anne Strainchamps how she finds beauty in her art.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If you like novels about computers and the history of technology, then you must know Neal Stephenson's work.  The author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle talks with us about his new novel -- a fast-paced thriller about the world of hyper-gaming.  It's called "Reamde."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Quaker writer, educator and activist Parker Palmer believes people need to listen to their inner voice in order to make the right life choices.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a visionary economist who founded the micro-credit movement and India's Grameen Bank.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Keith Donohue's novel is "The Stolen Child." He tells Jim Fleming the book's about a boy who's stolen by fairies and the boy who replaces him in the human world.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jaron Lanier popularized "virtual reality" in the 80s; he thinks Web 2.0 technology is erasing our sense of our own identity.

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