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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Journalist Edward Fox tells Anne Strainchamps about the mysterious and still unsolved murder of American biblical archaeologist Albert Glock.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Poet, essayist and naturalist Diane Ackerman tells Anne Strainchamps that she shares her garden with the local deer and raises hundreds of roses organically.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Aubrey Ralph is an audio engineer and radio producer. He's also bipolar. Having a mental illness has made him acutely aware of how schizophrenics can shape and distort reality.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chemist Carl Djerassi has written many scientific books and papers. He’s also published poetry, fiction and a play, “Oxygen,” which he co-wrote with Roald Hoffman.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eric Nuzum's memoir, "Giving Up the Ghost," is a true story about feeling haunted -- by a ghost, a girl, and his past as a troubled teen growing up in the wasteland of American suburbia.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles Monroe-Kane is tired of hearing Baby Boomers wax nostalgic and he tells us why.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fashion designer Suzanne Lee makes jackets and skirts out of cloth she grows by fermenting liquid in a big vat. In the future, she believes we'll harness nature to grow all sorts of clothing and other products.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

And what about our social future? Family life has seen a lot of change in the past 50 years. What might the future hold?

Professor of history and family studies, Stephanie Coontz weighs in on the forces shaping American families.

You can also check out her recent New York Times articles about the true history of American families and working mothers.

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