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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Erik Durschmied tells Steve Paulson about some of the significant battles throughout history that turned on a change in the weather.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Jill Lepore talks about her restless search for the long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time."  It ran some nine million words and was supposedly the work of a madman named Joe Gould, who believed he was the 20th century's most brilliant historian.

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

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Carolyn Spiro and Pamela Spiro Wagner tell Anne Strainchamps that they felt almost psychically connected until they were in sixth grade and Pamela began hearing voices.

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Chelsea Vargas of Youth Radio provides a commentary about keeping in touch with teachers.

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Anthropologist Alia Gurtov was one of the first people to crawl into the Dinaledi Chamber to see the Homo naledi fossils. She describes the harrowing climb into the cave, where she had to crawl through tiny passages to retrieve the bones.

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Frank Knight talks with Anne Strainchamps about the ancient smells his company creates for natural history museums.  He’s especially proud of the T-Rex stink.

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Sam Kriss' Dangerous Idea?  Pleasantness is evil.

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