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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson tells the story of America's Great Migration in her book, "The Warmth of Other Suns."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

James McManus got his editor to pay for the Executive Physical at the Mayo Clinic. He tells Jim Fleming what it was like.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The 18th century was not only the Age of Enlightenment. It was also the age when many cities conquered darkness by installing public lighting. Dartmouth historian Darrin McMahon says it's no accident that cities lit up at the same time as the Enlightenment values of rationality and progress flourished.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There was an unexpected consensus among the people in Madison, Wisconsin, when we asked them whether it's better to get or to give.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

James Kakalios, author of "The Physics of Superheroes", talks to Jim Fleming about Superman and science fiction.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chuck Lakin is a home funeral educator. As a woodworker, he's designed wooden coffins, including some that can be used as furniture until they're needed. Here, he shares some of his favorite resources with information about funeral and burial options.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kurt Schwitters was a celebrated modern artist in Europe in the twenties and thirties but his career was cut short by the Nazis. Now, his tales have been translated and edited by Jack Zipes.

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