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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Louann Brizendine tells Jim Fleming that male brains are fueled by testosterone and female brains are fueled by estrogen and that they are chemically and physically different from each other.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Bruggeman has a positive outlook on sprawl.  He says societies have always grown and ours looks the way it does because suburbs represent the way Americans like to live.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Phillip Pullman tells Steve Paulson that he thinks the process of how children develop into adult, moral people is the most interesting subject there is.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Karen Armstrong is a historian of religion. Her latest book is "The Case for God."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Paulson talks with Stephen Hawking's co-author, Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow about how they wrote the book and what it really says, and doesn't say.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Martha Ackmann is the author of “The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight.” Ackman says that in 1960, female astronaut trainees were expected to fly in full make-up, Chanel suits and high heels.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide is in our minds these days.   But instead of looking back, we look forward with Josh Ruxin.  He talks to Anne about the role he's played in Rwanda's recovery.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rachel Pastan reads from and talks with Steve Paulson about her novel "Lady of the Snakes." The book concerns a young professor of 19th century Russian literature confronted with combining her professional life and motherhood.

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