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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Biologist Cindy Engel tells Steve Paulson that wild animals self-medicate in a number of ways and that there is really no difference for animals between nutrition and medicine.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds. 

In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What role does sound play in Franz Kafka's fiction?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Clinical psychologist Daniel Goleman talks about how his discovery of Buddhist psychology shaped his life and career, as well as his best-selling book, "Emotional Intelligence."

 

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Fleda Brown, poet laureate of Delaware reads some of her poems and talks with Steve Paulson.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If the mall-as-temple turns you off, you may be ready for Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Hughes tells Jim Fleming some of the reasons why a script might never get made into a film.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Benjamin tells Steve Paulson that in those days, adults left kids pretty much alone, but relied on a network of neighbors to keep tabs on things.

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