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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

Playwright and actor Eric Bogosian has written a novel, “Mall.”  It’s a satire about the suburbs involving the activities of several unappealing characters who interact at the local mall.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Charles Limb is a surgeon and musician who researches the way creativity works in the brain. He puts jazz musicians inside an fMRI to find out what the brain does during musical improvisation.

Watch Charles Limb's TED Talk here

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dan Shapiro tells the story of his long fight with Hodgkin’s Disease which prompted his mother to cultivate marijuana to help him cope with the nausea of chemotherapy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In traditional cultures, magic can be a way of seeing the world.  Philosopher and ecologist David Abram has spent a lot of time with traditional shamans.  He talks about reclaiming animism.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

A Pakistan school is de-radicalizing  Taliban boy soldiers, many of whom were forcibly recruited.  Psychologist Feriha Peracha directs the experimental program.

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

David John is a chess Life Master. He went to college on a chess scholarship, but now makes his living as a professional poker player in Las Vegas.

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