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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

An audio installation that gives tropical plants the tools to play synthesizers, allowing people to experience biorhythms as live music.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ron Mallett has been fascinated with the idea of time travel since his dad's early death.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steven Ungerleider tells Steve Paulson that massive abuse of steroids and hormones was routine - even mandatory - among the athletes of the GDR, which also conspired to hide the doping results.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If you've spent any time playing Tetris, you've probably spent a lot of time playing it. Tetris is simple yet addictive.  Your job is to fit falling geometric blocks together so that there are no spaces between them. Box Brown has spent alot of time playing and thinking about Tetris. He's written and illustrated a graphic history of the world's most popular video game.  It turns out that Tetris has a fascinating backstory. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sally Denton and Roger Morris tell Steve Paulson that people go to “Sin City” to have a good time, but the city is the international capital of money laundering.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Suze Rotolo was Bob Dylan's inseparable companion in the early 60s'. She's now written a memoir called "A Freewheelin' Time."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Tom Shippey, author of “Tolkien: Author of the Century,” talks with Steve Paulson about the great fantasy writer’s life, the origins of hobbits, and Tolkien’s motivation for writing fantasy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What helps you remember people you’ve lost? Take a look at what other listeners have shared, and share a photo of your own via Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #TTBOOKonDeath.

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