To the Best of Our Knowledge Podcast
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Each week, To the Best of Our Knowledge brings you two hours of in-depth interviews with nationally and internationally-known guests whose passion for new ideas will challenge and engage. Hosted by Jim Fleming, this interview magazine is thoughtful and penetrating, and features fascinating topics and guests.
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Writing Fiction vs Non-Fiction
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
That's the question underlying seven years of arguments, negotiations and revisions between thewriter, John D'Agata, and his fact-checker, Jim Fingal. We'll meet D'Agata and Fingal next time on TO THE BEST OF OURKNOWLEDGEas we explore the slippery slope between fiction andnonfiction. Also, literary pioneer William Gibson on his discomfort with his nonfiction.
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Astrobiology
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
Imagine the headline that could change the lives of everyone on earth. Bold print, banner type, four words: We Are Not Alone. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, why astronomers believe that one day soon – within a decade – you'll wake up to that headline. To the news of life, on another planet.
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ProcrastiNation
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Feb 5, 2012
The Stoic philosopher Epictetus said that "Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether." And, unfortunately, a lot of us have taken his advice to heart.
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The Other Money
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Feb 5, 2012
Have you ever thought about money? Now, of course you have. Talking about money permeates our existence. But what if there wasn't any money? What would you do?
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In Pain
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
Imagine living in constant, excruciating pain… and choosing prayer over pain medication. In In Pain, one man prays the pain away while others self-inflict pain in a bid to find God. We also hear from a researcher who's been hurt by every stinging insect he could find, all in the name of science, and get a chance to laugh when someone else gets hurt.
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Are Humans Innately Good?
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
Are humans innately good? Do we have a generosity gene? Is there an inherent desire to help our fellow human beings?
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Singing the Revolution
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
We sang it during the civil rights movement, on marches, on buses, and in the face of violence. We sang it for workers rights, and to protest the war in Vietnam, on the mall in Washington...
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Medicine and Compassion
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Modern medicine can treat disease at a molecular – or even atomic – level. And today's surgeons can fix things the naked eye can't even see. But there's one thing every patient wants that no technology in the world can provide: compassion. In this hour, doctors talk about the feeling side of their profession.
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Medicine and Compassion
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Modern medicine can treat disease at a molecular—or even atomic – level. And today's surgeons can fix things the naked eye can't even see. But there's one thing every patient wants that no technology in the world can provide: compassion. In this hour, doctors talk about the feeling side of their profession.
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Responsibility of Intellectuals
webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)Author: Wisconsin Public Radio
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
Back in 1967, Noam Chomsky was furious about what he called "the deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam." And he urged intellectuals "to speak the truth and expose lies." So what is the responsibility of intellectuals?
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2002
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