To the Best of Our Knowledge
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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TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, Esprit de Corps
Toby Nunn was a Sergeant First Class in Iraq who currently works for the nonprofit group Soldiers' Angels. Tyler Boudreau is a twelve year veteran on the Marine Corps who resigned his commission over reservations about the legitimacy of the Iraq War. John Wrobleski, Sr. relates the story abo …
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TTBOOK: Fonts
Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones designed Gotham, the font of Hope and Change. Nicholson Baker reviewed the Kindle, Amazon's electronic reading device. Matthew Carter designed Verdana, the internet font, and co-designed Helvetica. Tracy Honn takes us on a tour of a working museum …
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TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, Architects of War
Douglas Feith was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Donald Rumsfeld, and one of the architects of the Bush Administration's war on terrorism. Col. David Lapan was one of the architects of the Defense Department's Embedded Media Program. David Kilcullen was a top military advisor …
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TTBOOK: Ethics of Western Aid
Dambisa Moyo makes the case that Western aid to Africa has been a disaster. Peter Singer lays out the argument that virtually everyone in America has a moral obligation to give money to help the desperately poor. Jacqueline Novogratz combines capitalism and charity to apply business princi …
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TTBOOK: Boots on the Ground: Stories from the War in Iraq, April 6, 2004
Donovan Campbell commanded a platoon of Marines in Ramadi on April 6, 2004. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez served as Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004. Steve Levin is the producer of a documentary film, "Jerabek," which follows the family of a young Marin …
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TTBOOK: The World According to Pop Culture
Richard Poplak describes the ill-fated attempt to adapt The Simpsons for the Arab world. Daniel Radosh's friends took him to a Christian rock festival and introduced him the world of Christian pop culture. Pagan Kennedy has written an essay about Dr. Alex Comfort, the pioneering sex research …
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TTBOOK: Making Words
Patricia O'Conner says that what Americans think of as a British accent is a fairly recent development. Roy Blount Jr. is a humorist, word maven and author. Dan Everett went to the Amazon as a young Christian missionary and became captivated by the Indian people and their totally unknown la …
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TTBOOK: Searching for Shangri-La
Michael Wood describes his journey through the Himalayas in search of Shangri-La. Ian Baker describes his eight separate trips to find the hidden waterfall at the end of the Tsangpo Gorge. Amy Tan takes on the comic misunderstandings that arise when Americans seek enlightenment in China. …
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TTBOOK: U.S. vs. Them
Jonathan Nossiter talked with people all over the world who make and sell wine. Rachel DeWoskin became a TV star as the American vixen in "Foreign Babes in Beijing." John Perkins was recruited by the NSA and lived a life of privilege in the foreign aid business. Patrick Neate explain …
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TTBOOK: Re-Considering Crafts
Richard Sennett makes the case that our definition of craft should be expanded to include any job a person commits to executing to the best of their abilities. Betsy Greer talks about the resurgence of interest in knitting and crafts. Jessica Helfand collected antique scrapbooks, unique pers …
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TTBOOK: Back To The Farm
*Bright young men and women used to graduate and head for Wall Street or a top corporate law firm. Today ? more and more of them are heading back to the land. After all, which would you rather do ? wear a suit and slave in a cubicle ? or spend your days on your own land, growing food for yourselve …
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TTBOOK: What is Normal?
Stephen Kuusisto remembers visiting the seashore and a stable in Finland as a blind child. Emily Rapp was a poster child for the March of Dimes. Harriet Brown describes her experience discovering her daughter had anorexia. Tom Shachtman explains Rumspringa, when sixteen year olds experi …
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TTBOOK: National Parks
William Cronin says national parks intended for the masses are a 19th century American invention. James Mills investigates the Buffalo Soldiers and looks into the issue of why so few African-Americans visit the national Parks today. Mark Dowie provides examples of conservation projects invo …
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TTBOOK: Welcome to the Working Week
Douglas Rushkoff talks about the way our lives have become like corporate culture. Matthew Crawford explains why manual work matters. Candacy Taylor illustrated the lives of career waitresses. Charles Wilkins wrote a memoir about his summer job as a gravedigger.
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TTBOOK: Libraries
Maryanne Wolfe considers the science of reading and worries about the state of reading in our culture. Ursula Le Guin believes books will always endure. Geraldine Brooks created a fictional history for a real book, the Sarajevo Haggadah. Alberto Manguel assembled a personal library of …
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TTBOOK: Religion 2.0
Clark Strand finds that individual Americans increasingly decline to affiliate with any particular religious group, but still consider themselves spiritual people. Brad Warner is a Zen Buddhist Master, plays bass in a punk band and values the sacredness in everyday life. James Carse argue …
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TTBOOK: Mind and Meaning
Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a devastating stroke and describes the event. Jim Coyle and Mal Sharpe perform their "Microphone in Brain." George Vaillant wants to reclaim spirituality and ground it in hard science. Daniel Levitin considers music's pivotal role in human evolution. Owe …
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TTBOOK: David Foster Wallace
Laura Miller presents a tribute to the life and work of writer David Foster Wallace. DT Max details Wallace's creative struggles with the novel he left unfinished. Lev Grossman comments on Wallace's "Infinite Jest." David Lipsky talks about the end of Wallace's life. Michael Pietsc …
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TTBOOK: The Horror, the Horror!
Andrew Davidson talks about and reads from his debut novel, which is both gruesome and graphic. Richard Hand describes several of the programs that defined horror during the Golden Age of radio. Glenn Kay reviewed and rated over 300 zombie films. Kelly Link writes creepy stories for Yo …
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TTBOOK: Remix Culture
Paul Miller, a.k.a DJ Spooky is the unofficial spokesman for remix culture. Derek Chilcote Bacco the World Famous Audio Hacker explains what a mash-up is. Lawrence Lessig is the founder of Creative Commons, and thinks current copyright law is absurd. Jason Bittner collects and plays sam …
To the Best of Our Knowledge
