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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Keli Carender is a Tea Party activist – in fact, she was the very first Tea Party activist. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mindless Eating author and Ithaca native, Brian Wansink, cleans his plate on stage with Michael.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Sam Kriss's Dangerous Idea? The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" as satire.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Memory researcher Daniel Schacter tells Steve Paulson that you can be confident of your memory and still wrong, and explains other tricks our memories play on us.  

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The average American voter is NOT smarter than a 5th grader, doesn't understand basic political facts and should probably not be allowed to vote. Philosopher Jason Brennan makes the case for an epistocracy: the rule of the knowledgeable.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bob Spitz writes about the Beatles time in India with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his book "The Beatles: The Biography."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Margolick is the author of “Strange Fruit,” a history of the revolutionary Billie Holiday song. Margolick tells Jim Fleming who wrote the song, what happened the first time Holiday sang it, and what it’s lasting impact has been.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Elizabeth Abbot talks with Judith Strasser about the history of celibacy — from the ancient Greek goddess Athena to boxing superstar Mohammed Ali.

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