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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We needed a working definition of the word “scoundrel”.   For that, we headed to lexicographer Erin McKean.  She’s the founder and CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik.  She was also the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary.  Steve Paulson sat down with her.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Christine Wicker tells Anne Strainchamps about the time she spent with people who practice Hoodoo and other forms of magic.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

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

Col. David Lapan is Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Marine Corps and one of the architect's of the Department of Defense's Embedded Media Program. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neuroscientist David Eagleman says most of the brain's real action happens below the level of the conscious mind.  He calls the brain "a team of rivals," since different parts of the brain compete against each other.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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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