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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jason Soares is a member of the band "Aspects of Physics", whose music has to do with the mathematics of the ratios of how we assign tones into scales in music.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

International security expert Michael Klare tells Jim Fleming that the war in Afghanistan has its roots in Saudi Arabian oil. He says the U.S. is pledged to support the Saudi royal family, and that they must begin to democratize the country.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jan Edwards tells Steve Paulson why she thinks corporations have too many legal rights and don’t deserve their status as legal persons.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Manning is the author of many books including “Food’s Frontier: The Next Green Revolution.”  Among the scientists profiled in that book is Robert Goodman, a plant pathologist at the University of Wisconsin.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ken Croswell’s new book is called “Magnificent Mars.”  It’s a picture book of the Red Planet, so he’s all excited about the new NASA Mars Rovers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Colum McCann's novel "Let the Great World Spin" takes place on the day of tight-rope artist Philipe Petit's trip across the World Trade Centers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Princeton historian Robert Darnton says that people in 18th century Paris spread the news by making up topical songs to familiar melodies, and that the police kept records on everybody.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jerome Wakefield tells Steve Paulson how the medical profession's attempts to make precise diagnoses have led them to define emotional states as medical conditions.

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