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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dean King tells Jim Fleming about the ordeal of Captain James Riley and his crew. They lost their ship and were enslaved by desert nomads for months.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Damali Ayo runs the website rent-a-negro.com. She's written a book called "How To Rent A Negro."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dr. Mark Clanton talks with Jim Fleming about new directions in cancer research and the new targeted treatment drugs.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Psychologist Steven Pinker's Dangerous Idea? We may be living in the most peaceful time of our species’ existence.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bill Bryson talks with Jim Fleming about the personal stories of some of the people who made great scientific discoveries.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus tell Anne Strainchamps about their experience as nannies and discuss the complexities of paid child-care in the home.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fred Burton says we're right to fear the insidious threat of terrorism. Burton was one of the first three agents to serve in the U.S. government's elite Counter-Terrorism Division and is the author of "Ghost: Confessions of a Counter-terrorism Agent."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christopher Woodward talks with Steve Paulson about the English mania for ruins and why they inspired the Romantic poets. Woodward’s book is “In Ruins.”

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