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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne Karpf tells Steve Paulson our voices communicate all sorts of things, which listeners can understand even if they don't speak the same language.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher Alva Noe says it's a mistake to regard consciousness as strictly a product of our brain.  He says consciousness is something we do.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What kind of religion would ask a father to kill his son to prove his devotion to God? Religious scholar Bruce Chilton unpacks the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andrew Solomon talks with Steve Paulson about his own experience with depression, and why depressive illness is becoming more common.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

With plastic surgery business growing dramatically in the United States, liposuction and breast augmentation are the most popular procedures.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Here's an Anishinaabe poem and creation story by Kimberly Blaeser, the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin. It's the story of the lowly muskrat, and it reminds us that we are constantly building new worlds - and have been doing so since before the beginning of time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jon Stravers — also known as "Hawk" — is an ornithologist, a musician, and a Vietnam veteran. To say that he's obsessed with birds might be putting it mildly. Since he came back from Vietnam he's spent most of his springs and summers along the Mississippi keeping an eye and ear out for birds. His latest obsession is the Cerulean Warbler, a species once thought to be in decline in the Upper Mississippi.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Amy Tan talks with Anne Strainchamps and recalls how her mother used to believe the spirits of their ancestors dwelled inside the computer. How else could Amy know all the family secrets?

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