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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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Sunday
7/26/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the Cowboy Junkies look back on “The Trinity Sessions,” the moment that defined the alt-country movement.
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Sunday
7/26/2009
1:00 PM
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Today’s entertainment industry is shrinking the gap between real life and fantasy. Popular television shows like Big Brother turn ordinary life into an engaging drama. After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, how real is reality entertainment?
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Sunday
7/19/2009
12:00 PM
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Religion was supposed to be dying. But God is making a comeback in countries around the world, from Russia to China to Turkey. After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll get the story behind a global revival of faith.
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Sunday
7/19/2009
1:00 PM
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Planning to see the world this summer? Or enjoy the frugal pleasure of a stay-cation? Remember, the best travel isn’t about miles logged... it’s about minds expanded. After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, travel stories. Travel guru Rick Steves develops an unexpected passion for war-torn countries.
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Sunday
7/12/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll explore life inside America’s new rootless professional class. Also, film-maker Guy Maddin talks about his critically-acclaimed documentary about his hometown, “My Winnipeg.”
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Sunday
7/12/2009
1:00 PM
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Anyway you describe it, he has arrived. After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll get inside the music of one of music’s new stars Josh Ritter.
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Sunday
7/5/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, re-thinking animal intelligence. Not only are they smarter than we thought... in some cases they’re smarter than us.
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Sunday
7/5/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the front lines of memory research. The good news is that most of us won’t live long enough to get Alzheimer’s. And the rest of us can prevent it by raising our heart rates.
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Sunday
6/28/2009
12:00 PM
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After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Myths and legends about magic and witchcraft, and forgotten fairy tales - from an animated version of the Ramayana to the dada-ist fairy tales the Nazis tried to burn.
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Sunday
6/28/2009
1:00 PM
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After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the new abolitionists – including a reporter who risked his life to document the global traffic in human beings, and a woman who is free today for the first time in 28 years.
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Sunday
6/21/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, wicked plants. Also, the Guerrilla Gardening movement, and the Garden of Cosmic Speculation.
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Sunday
6/21/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the power of We, and the move toward Collective Identity and Global Think.
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Sunday
6/14/2009
12:00 PM
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President Obama is out to remake America’s relationship with the Islamic world. After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, explore what this means for both the Middle East and the U.S. Also, a look at the ongoing debate over Muslim immigration in Europe, and a conversation with a Hollywood screenwriter about his new novel on the Prophet Muhammad and his wife Aisha.
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Sunday
6/14/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, David Gilmour tells us what he and his son learned about life from watching movies together. Also, Katie Salen (SAY-lehn) on how video games can teach children.
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Sunday
6/7/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a blunt question: "did we win the war in Iraq?"
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Sunday
6/7/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Daniel Wolff's list of twelve great Americans and how they learned what they had to know.
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Sunday
5/31/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, why one writer says the feminist movement lost its way and ended up making men the enemy. Is it time to save the males?
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Sunday
5/31/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the New Atheism with Richard Dawkins and two of his critics.
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Sunday
5/24/2009
12:00 PM
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How much do you know about the place where you live? After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, constructing a sense of place. Lessons in the new localism. And, a history of walking.
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Sunday
5/24/2009
1:00 PM
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After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll explore the world of karaoke. We’ll experience live-band karaoke with The Gomers; it gives people the chance to be a rock star for five minutes.
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Sunday
5/17/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, meet a maverick English scientist who’s identified seven major kinds of molecular and cellular damage. He thinks we can prevent all these natural cases of death and thereby extend our lives indefinitely.
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Sunday
5/17/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, find out how the "nerd" stereotype is harming children. Also, explore a new kind of music called Nerdcore Hip Hop, alias Geeksta (GEEK-stah)Rap.
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Sunday
5/10/2009
12:00 PM
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Why are we in Afghanistan? And, just what would victory in Afghanistan look like anyway? After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the question of Afghanistan.
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Sunday
5/10/2009
1:00 PM
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Every mom deserves something special on Mother’s Day. After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge stories by, for, and about mothers.
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Sunday
5/3/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, explore the life and work of John Cheever with his biographer, Blake Bailey. Also, the playful, postmodern fiction of Donald Barthelme.
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Sunday
5/3/2009
1:00 PM
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Two people, a house, a pitchfork, and a barn. It's hard to find a better-known American painting than Grant Wood's masterpiece “American Gothic.” But just who are those grim people, and why do they have such a hold on the American psyche? After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the history of an American classic.
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Sunday
4/26/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, President Obama’s plan will bring home some one-hundred-fifty-thousand troops from Iraq. But what are they coming home to? And, are we ready for them?
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Sunday
4/26/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, meet Carlene Carter, daughter of June Carter Cash and stepdaughter of Country music legend Johnny Cash. Also, the epic life of American music icon, Willie Nelson.
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Sunday
4/19/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll take stock of Iran three decades after the revolution as we examine the country and it’s culture through music, film and politics.
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Sunday
4/19/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, meet Pattie Boyd, the woman who inspired three of the most famous rock songs of all time.
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Sunday
4/12/2009
12:00 PM
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The happiness industry is booming, and with good reason - everyone wants to be happy. After noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Brain researcher Richard Davidson says the brain that meditates is a happy brain.
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Sunday
4/12/2009
1:00 PM
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Something’s going on with America’s dogs. After one on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll meet Michael Schaffer. He’s been investigating the new dog-friendly America.
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Sunday
4/5/2009
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Our environment is in trouble. It's not hard to imagine global catastrophe as problems like climate change and overpopulation take their toll. But there's always hope and this hour, we'll introduce you to the visionaries who are making a difference
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Sunday
4/5/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, stories from the Great Depression... advice from the generation that survived the old hard times. Also, celebrating the WPA. And, Woody Guthrie’s unpublished love songs.
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Sunday
3/29/2009
12:00 PM
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They call it, “the dismal science,” but economics does have its visionaries. After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation with a couple of Nobel laureates with some hands-on economic lessons.
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Sunday
3/29/2009
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, how one woman was inspired to remain silent for two days each month. Also, hear some “noise music” as we focus our attention on “noise.”
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