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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kathleen Dean Moore is a philosopher at Oregon State University, but her passion is an inhospitable island off the coast of Alaska. On Pine Island you can expect rain, fog, desolation, and a world of beauty that comes from the reality of natural surroundings.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Do do I look good in this dress?  We all know the answer, right?  It’s "you look great." Even if that’s not quite true.  

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rajiv Joseph is a New York playwright. He tells Jim Fleming he wrote “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” based on a small newspaper story...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Madeleine Albright tells Steve Paulson that being the first female Secretary of State was more of a problem within the U.S. than it ever was when she represented our interests abroad.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonnie Hughes talks about about his book, "On the Origin of Tepees: The Evolution of Ideas (and Ourselves)."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neurologist Oliver Sacks is famous for his stories of people with brain disorders.  In his book "Musicophilia," he writes about people who were transformed by music. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can you actually see creativity in the brain?   Neuroscientist Rex Jung describes brain imaging studies of creativity in action.

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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Not all illustrators agree on what to call graphic novels or when the first one appeared, but most agree that the man who brought them into the mainstream was Will Eisner.

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