In The Beginning...

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November 20, 2005

The Meaning of Life

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Where do we come from? It's a fair question. Physicist Michio Kaku says we're the reverb of a Big Bang from another universe. No, says poet Stephen Mitchell – the answer's in our creation stories. But midwife Ina May Gaskin knows where we really come from - mom. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll talk about Beginnings.

Stephen Mitchell on Classic Creation Stories

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Poet Stephen Mitchell talks with Jim Fleming about classic creation stories from several major religious traditions.

Michio Kaku on "Parallel Worlds"

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Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku tells Steve Paulson about the theory that our universe is the echo from the Big Bang of some other universe.

Jim Tucker on "Life before Life"

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Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.

Ina May Gaskin on Modern Mid-Wifery

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Anne Strainchamps talks with the woman who created the modern mid-wifery movement, Ina May Gaskin.

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November 20, 2005
June 18, 2006
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Stephen Mitchell

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Michio Kaku

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Jim Tucker

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Ina May Gaskin

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Science
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