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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Imagine a portable listening device you wear like a walkman that converts the sounds around you into a form of music. Noah Vawter developed one.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Some countries are still struggling for international recognition.  Photographer Narayan Mahon talks about his “Lands in Limbo” project – photographs that show what happens to the citizens of a nation that’s denied UN membership.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

MigraZoom is a participatory photography project with migrants in transit through Mexico en route to the U.S. MigraZoom tells us their own migration experience trough the lens of a camera.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Les Blank is a much admired documentary film-maker. His subjects have included Polka music, gap-toothed women, and bluesman Lightning Hopkins.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What do the three Abrahamic religions have in common about the concept of heaven?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter French tells Anne Strainchamps the ancient Greeks thought revenge was a good thing, and analyzes the vengeance scenario of Clint Eastwood’s film “Unforgiven.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Logan is the author of "Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan." He talks to Anne Strainchamps about their friendship and the great man's work.

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.

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