To the Best of Our Knowledge
By Wisconsin Public Radio
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Description
To the Best of Our Knowledge cracks open the world and the ideas that fuel it through interviews with the world's luminaries, from experts to cultural icons. Each show revolves around a theme where we explore these ideas and the people who consider them.
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CleanHandwork | More than 38 million Americans knit or crochet. Not because they crave mittens and afghans, but because they like the way knitting feels. Handwork turns out be a powerful antidote for digital overload. | 4/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHip Hop Future | Hip hop created a sound that changed music, art, fashion, and politics. What's next? Diplomacy? Journalism? Education? Philosophy? | 4/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThinking With Animals | Can we ever get inside the mind of an animal? Can we really know how an octopus or a parrot thinks? Also, the fascinating story of Charles Foster's attempt to act like a badger, when he lived in a hole in the ground and ate worms. | 4/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHealing Trauma | As terrible as it sounds, most of us will go through something traumatic at some point in our lives. The experience can be deeply isolating and crushing, but it doesn't have to be. | 3/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWe've Had 30 Years Of Prozac. Why Are We Still Depressed? | Modern anti-depressants have saved a lot of minds. And lives. But what have they done to our bodies? And how do we navigate that trade-off between body and mind? | 3/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Can We Learn From Teenagers? | A chorus of hope is coming from an unexpected group — teenagers. They have superpowers — innocence, idealism, and Instagram — and they aren't waiting for permission to use them to shape the world. | 3/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDiscovering America's Black DNA | DNA tests are uncovering mixed bloodlines. For African Americans, this can be emotionally-charged. What do you do when you find out one of your direct ancestors was a slave owner? Does it open the door to new conversations about racial justice? | 3/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Make Art? | We grow up scribbling with crayons and covering sidewalks with chalk, and then around middle school most of us stop. Maybe we think it's childish or just too hard. So what can we learn from the people who never stopped making art? | 3/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFacing Hate | For the first time since World War II, far-right and neo-fascist groups are winning converts and votes — all over Europe and also here at home. Why is it happening, and can it be stopped? | 2/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMagical Thinking | "Magical thinking" gets a bad rap these days. It suggests losing your grip on reality or being so gullible that you'll believe anything - from ghosts to miracles. But what if magic isn't pure fantasy? Maybe it's the gateway to wonder. | 2/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanImagining Climate Change | “The climate crisis is a crisis of culture and thus of imagination,” says writer Amitav Ghosh. So what changes in our conversation about global warming when we tap into the imaginative worlds of novelists and artists? | 2/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat's Wrong With Men? | The right-wing politics and bro culture of The Proud Boys is attracting young, white men nationwide. Founder Gavin McInnes believes “95% of American women” would be happier at home. Where does his vision of “being a man” fit in 2018? | 2/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIn The Company Of Wolves | While their domesticated cousins sleep on our beds, Congress debates wild wolves’ survival. This hour, we’ll explore our complicated relationship with our canine cousins, and the feelings they evoke – fear, hatred, and also love. | 1/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCan An Evil Man Be A Decent Person? | How can someone be a monster — a brutal dictator, a mass murderer, a serial killer — and up close seem like a decent, caring person? What happens when you find yourself liking someone who’s done terrible things? | 1/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWho's Watching Us? | Ever had the nagging suspicion that you’re being watched? You are. We all are. | 1/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRenunciation | Ah, January. Season of diets and fasts and cleanses, of "Drynuary" and "Veganuary." Why does being virtuous always seem to mean giving up pleasure? | 1/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEnding With A Flourish | We don’t handle endings well, in general. So this hour, let’s learn about how to make a good ending — whether leaving a lover, quitting a job, or getting ready for the end of life itself. | 12/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs Capitalism Broken? | Who really runs the world? Presidents and prime ministers, or CEOs and bankers? And who’s responsible when everything falls apart? | 12/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Art of Reinventing Yourself | Do you ever wish you could reinvent yourself? This hour, we hear from four noted artists who experienced pivotal turns in their own lives: artist Rashid Johnson, writer/photographer Teju Cole, singer Nikka Costa, and musician Michael Nesmith. | 12/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTaking Comfort in the Sound of Silence | Do you ever crave silence? Maybe some can’t stand to hear themselves thinking, but others go to great lengths to find respite from a blaringly loud world. | 12/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHarassment In The Lab | Sexism has no boundaries, as we're quickly discovering. But what impact does it have on scientific discovery if sexist behavior drives women out of science entirely? | 12/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorshipping Waterfalls: The Evolution of Belief | Do chimpanzees have spiritual experiences? A remarkable discovery in West Africa suggests they might. | 11/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanExtra: Making Peace With Monsters | This is the story of a lonely, disturbed teenager desperately in need of a friend. His name was Jeff. Or as you know him, Jeffrey Dahmer — the serial killer. | 11/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorking For A Weekend That Never Seems To Come | Across professions, half of Americans surveyed say they’re exhausted from work. More and more of us feel scrambled, tired and drained. Are we facing daily lives more prone to burnout? And what can we do about it? | 11/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA New Clash Of Civilizations? | When we hear from politicians and activists that "the West is at risk, that a clash of civilizations threatens Western culture," what does that mean exactly? And who do we think is coming for it? | 11/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanExtra: Discovering the Hidden Roots of Koreans Living In Japan | One of the finalists for the National Book Award this year is Min Jin Lee, for her novel "Pachinko." | 11/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBeyond the Echo Chamber | We live, work and play in Red and Blue tribal bubbles, filling our social media feeds with news sources that affirm our place in that order, rather than challenging it. What is that isolation doing to us? What can we do to escape it? | 11/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEven Stranger Things | Did you know that the U.S. military has a long history of working with psychics to try to discover enemy secrets? We examine this history and take a deep dive into the paranormal. | 10/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanExtra: Virtually Anywhere | Remember virtual reality? Back in the 1990’s, it was going to be the technology of the future. Today, it’s here. But we're still figuring out what to do with it. | 10/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanYou Had To Be There | Home entertainment options have never been richer, but public places like movie theaters and performance spaces are suffering. What do we lose when everyone stays home? | 10/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Wonderful and very informative
I've learned a lot from this podcast and listened to it mostly everyday. It is great!!
Thought provoking
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Great!
This program is fantastic and has easily become one of my favorite PRI/NPR programs. If you like ponder the intersections of philosophy, religion, and science then you'll love this podcast.
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- Language: English
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