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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mark Moskowitz makes political ads. Moskowitz tells Steve Paulson about how political ads are made and about the art of the attack ad.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nathan Radke talks about why the characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip can be seen as acting out the dilemmas of existentialism. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rick Lyman's book “Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that Matter Most” tells of time spent with Woody Allen, Sissy Spacek, Ang Lee and others, watching other peoples’ films.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kate La Riviere-Gagner's Dangerous Idea? There should be a reality show to give people a better idea of what a day in the life of a teacher is like.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nicole Smith pilots an Army Apache AH 64 attack helicopter.  She is the only African American female to do so.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What’s happening in our brains when we talk or sing or play music? Are language and music different neural processes? Neuroscientist Charles Limb peaks into the mind of a particular kind of musician... rappers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Karen Wenborn tells Jim Fleming about Classical Comics which have published three versions of Shakespeare plays, pairing various versions of the texts with bright, action-packed, comic book style visuals.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Laura Miller tells Anne Strainchamps why she thinks Stephanie Meyers' "Twilight" books are such a phenomenal success with young women, even though the lead female character is so lacking in gifts or accomplishments.

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