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To the Best of Our Knowledge
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Sunday
5/25/2008
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 nerdcore hip hop, a new kind of music called Geeksta Rap.
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Sunday
5/18/2008
12:00 PM
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To the Best of Our Knowledge
After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the role Israeli writers play in the Middle East Peace Process. Also, America’s role in the area, which goes back to the eighteenth century.
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Sunday
5/18/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll meet Patti Boyd, the woman who inspired three of the most famous rock songs of all time, from George Harrison’s “Something” to Eric Clapton’s “Layla.”
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Sunday
5/11/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, stories by, for, and about mothers.
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Sunday
5/11/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, dive into the world of pulp fiction.
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Sunday
5/4/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the rise of the "indie" film. Chris Gore talks about "My Big Fat Independent Movie." And we'll meet a former waitress who spent her life-savings to make a movie about the food service industry.
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Sunday
5/4/2008
1:00 PM
080504B
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, children's books, for children... and for us.
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Sunday
4/27/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the battle between the Civil Rights generation and the Hip-Hop generation.
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Sunday
4/27/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, "what makes a modern classic?" Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" provides the back-drop.
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Sunday
4/20/2008
12:00 PM
080420A
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the green revolution that's sweeping America... and the world.
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Sunday
4/20/2008
1:00 PM
080420B
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, great writers on great books. Conversations with Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison and V.S. Naipaul (NIGH-pawl).
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Sunday
4/13/2008
12:00 PM
080413A
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Imagine the world as we know it, only without us. After twelve-noon on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a writer imagines a world reinventing itself without human beings.
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Sunday
4/13/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we get into the fight over genre fiction. And Richard Price talks about his best-selling novel “Lush Life” and why no one will ever mistake it for genre fiction.
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Sunday
4/6/2008
12:00 PM
080406A
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Are Americans dumbing down instead of smartening up? After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Susan Jacoby (Ja-KOH-bee) joins us to talk about her book, "The Age of American Unreason."
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Sunday
4/6/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, to breed or not to breed? Stories about birth, adoption, and the childless revolution.
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Sunday
3/30/2008
12:00 PM
080330A
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After twelve-noon 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
3/30/2008
1:00 PM
080330B
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the things people eat for pleasure... from quintuple espresso cheesecake brownies to putrefied shark meat.
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Sunday
3/23/2008
12:00 PM
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There was a time in the Middle Ages when scholars of all religions could meet and discuss in peace. After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation about this remarkable culture, with novelist and historian Tariq Ali (Tah-REEK Ah-LEE).
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Sunday
3/23/2008
1:00 PM
080323B
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Jonathan Lethem (Lee-thuhm) talks about his novel, the story of a Los Angeles alternative-rock band. And the great pub rock revolution.
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Sunday
3/16/2008
12:00 PM
080316A
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, explore the exotic world of foreign languages. Hear the confessions of a language fanatic. Also, six-word memoirs. "One life. Six words. What's yours?"
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Sunday
3/16/2008
1:00 PM
080316B
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at age and memory with a Nobel Prize winner searching through the mechanics of the brain.
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Sunday
3/9/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, learning outside the box. And, redefining normal for kids on the short bus.
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Sunday
3/9/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk about doing nothing, as we take an exciting look at boredom.
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Sunday
3/2/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, touching the sound of a monk’s silence, and a seal’s call. And, an exploration of sound with famed percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who happens to be deaf.
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Sunday
3/2/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, exploring the mystery of consciousness.
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Sunday
2/24/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, we get to know a few autistic people with Asperger’s Syndrome. What’s it like to try to live in the world when you have visionary technical abilities but also the social skills of a rock? Also, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells us about the human brain and music.
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Sunday
2/24/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at life’s final chapter. Novelist Susan Sontag's son asks the question "is there such a thing as a good death?"
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Sunday
2/17/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the physics of time travel, and the debate over why the universe seems so finely-tuned for life.
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Sunday
2/17/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a conversation with author Eric Lax about talking with Woody Allen. Also, a look at how independent screenplays work.
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Sunday
2/10/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the many delights of chocolate.
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Sunday
2/10/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, more of the sweet exploration of chocolate.
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Sunday
2/3/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the complicated feelings many women have about Hillary Clinton, her marriage to Bill, and whether it’s possible to evaluate her run for president without thinking about the fact that she’s female.
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Sunday
2/3/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the costs and the benefits of suburban sprawl. Because just maybe, sprawl is a good thing.
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Sunday
1/27/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the quest for beautiful.
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Sunday
1/27/2008
1:00 PM
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After one, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, music writer Carl Wilson shares his story of trying to get in touch with his inner Celine Dion (seh-LEAN dee-ON) fan.
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Sunday
1/20/2008
12:00 PM
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After twelve-noon, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Apocalyptic Fiction... new stories about the End of the World. Join us for end times, global panic, space plagues, zombies and lots of other good stuff.
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