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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Morgan Spurlock is the director of the documentary film “Super Size Me.”  He tells Jim Fleming about his experience of eating only at McDonald’s for a month.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Feeling lonely is a signal that we need to interact with others as fundamental to our well-being as signals like hunger and thirst.

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

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

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pagan Kennedy is the author of “Black Livingstone,” a biography of 19th century black American missionary William Sheppard.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Earlier this year, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet handed over the last of his political power, to a secular, Harvard-educated politician. Lobsang Sangay left his fellowship and family in the United States to take up his new post, and all of its challenges.

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Katy Lederer is a poet who used to manage a hedge fund. Her latest book is "The Heaven-Sent Leaf." She reads from it and talks about her work with Anne Strainchamps.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Episcopal priest Matthew Fox tells Steve Paulson why the belief in Original Sin is destructive and leads to a culture of pessimism.

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