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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Linda Gray Sexton describes in vivid detail her own, lifelong battle against depression and suicide.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jason Spingarn-Koff is a film-maker whose new documentary is called "Life 2.0." It tells the stories of several people who immerse themselves in the "Second Life" computer game...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What's it like to hang out with the U.S. president?  Journalist Michael Lewis found out when he shadowed Barack Obama for 8 months, even playing in one of Obama's pick-up basketball games. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Marcinko is CEO of a private security firm which trains mercenaries and he candidly tells Steve Paulson about waging war and interrogating prisoners from a mercenary's point of view.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mamak Khadem came to America from Iran to finish high school. She began to sing Persian music to stay connected to her homeland.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Louise Barnett, author of tells Jim Fleming about the case of Captain Andrew Geddes, who was tried and convicted of slandering a fellow officer, even though the man was clearly guilty of sexually abusing his daughter. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nadine Svoboda’s been all over the world listening to forests.  She records their sounds for the British Library Sound Archive.

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