http://ttbook.org 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. en Copyright 2011 by Wisconsin Public Radio Webmaster@wpr.org (Webmaster) Sat, 2 Jun 2012 03:03:21 -0500 http://wpr.org/podcasts/images/ttbook_300x300.jpg http://ttbook.org Copyright 2011 by Wisconsin Public Radioknowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinSociety & Culturewebmaster@wpr.orgWisconsin Public RadioWisconsin Public Radionoknowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinTo 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.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. How can something come out of nothing? Believe it or not, some scientists say they can explain how the Big Bang popped out of empty space. We'll explore the cutting edge of physics and consider what it means for religion and the meaning of life. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/D1hNSYkhu0A/tbk120603b.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603b.mp3 Sun, 3 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noHow can something come out of nothing? Believe it or not, some scientists say they can explain how the Big Bang popped out of empty space. We'll explore the cutting edge of physics and consider what it means for religion and the meaning of life.Wisconsin Public RadioHow can something come out of nothing? Believe it or not, some scientists say they can explain how the Big Bang popped out of empty space. We'll explore the cutting edge of physics and consider what it means for religion and the meaning of life.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603b.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603b.mp3 The debate about how to fix America's schools rages on, while millions of parents simply opt out of the system. We're re-thinking education, from college programs for the incarcerated to a call for the end of standardized tests. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/4pVOI4IYSOI/tbk120603a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603a.mp3 Sun, 3 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noThe debate about how to fix America's schools rages on, while millions of parents simply opt out of the system. We're re-thinking education, from college programs for the incarcerated to a call for the end of standardized tests.Wisconsin Public RadioThe debate about how to fix America's schools rages on, while millions of parents simply opt out of the system. We're re-thinking education, from college programs for the incarcerated to a call for the end of standardized tests.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603a.mp3 *With his black Fedora hat Jack Abramoff became the symbol of everything that's corrupt about government. But now he's out of prison and seeking atonement. Join us for a candid interview with former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. How do we as a society deal with the redemption of our worst? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/Qd5D6WxyxMY/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/ Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/ We're keepin it surreal this hour with a hallucinatory vortex chock full of innovative fiction. Like Salvador Dali said -- "Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision." Join us as we expand your vision and melt your mind. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/i7irNQyIUNU/tbk120527b.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120527b.mp3 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noWe're keepin it surreal this hour with a hallucinatory vortex chock full of innovative fiction. Like Salvador Dali said -- "Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision." Join us as we Wisconsin Public RadioWe're keepin it surreal this hour with a hallucinatory vortex chock full of innovative fiction. Like Salvador Dali said -- "Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision." Join us as we expand your vision and melt your mind.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120527b.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120527b.mp3 What do we do with the devil among us? Not, you know, a metaphorical Satan or Lucifer. . . I mean REAL people, who've committed REAL atrocities. Terrorists. Serial killers. People we'd all agree are. . . well… But what if they repent? Ask for forgiveness? Seek atonement? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/I2mkYaa4vyo/tbk120527A.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120527A.mp3 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noWhat do we do with the devil among us? Not, you know, a metaphorical Satan or Lucifer. . . I mean REAL people, who've committed REAL atrocities. Terrorists. Serial killers. People we'd all agree are. . . well… But what if they repent? Ask for forgiWisconsin Public RadioWhat do we do with the devil among us? Not, you know, a metaphorical Satan or Lucifer. . . I mean REAL people, who've committed REAL atrocities. Terrorists. Serial killers. People we'd all agree are. . . well… But what if they repent? Ask for forgiveness? Seek atonement?knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120527A.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120527A.mp3 Siberia is the name for a place we tend to think of as a metaphor as much as a destination on the map. Writer Ian Frazier indulged what he calls his dread Russia love with travels through Siberia... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/EF0Aw6QMWKE/tbk110417a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk110417a.mp3 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noSiberia is the name for a place we tend to think of as a metaphor as much as a destination on the map. Writer Ian Frazier indulged what he calls his dread Russia love with travels through Siberia...Wisconsin Public RadioSiberia is the name for a place we tend to think of as a metaphor as much as a destination on the map. Writer Ian Frazier indulged what he calls his dread Russia love with travels through Siberia...knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk110417a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk110417a.mp3 Are you deadline driven? Are you most productive, most focused as "zero hour" approaches? Well, what about the ultimate end, the true end of the time frame. Deadline, indeed. How does knowing that you're going to die affect your life? In this hour, we're minding mortality. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/Wz_WrofK04o/tbk052012a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk052012a.mp3 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noAre you deadline driven? Are you most productive, most focused as "zero hour" approaches? Well, what about the ultimate end, the true end of the time frame. Deadline, indeed. How does knowing that you're going to die affect your life? In this hour, we're Wisconsin Public RadioAre you deadline driven? Are you most productive, most focused as "zero hour" approaches? Well, what about the ultimate end, the true end of the time frame. Deadline, indeed. How does knowing that you're going to die affect your life? In this hour, we're minding mortality.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk052012a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk052012a.mp3 The Turing Test is an annual event in which the most advanced computer programs try to fool a panel of judges into mistaking them for real people. And real people compete to try to win the coveted "Most Human Human Award." http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/m8p99QTmap8/tbk110410a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk110410a.mp3 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noThe Turing Test is an annual event in which the most advanced computer programs try to fool a panel of judges into mistaking them for real people. And real people compete to try to win the coveted "Most Human Human Award."Wisconsin Public RadioThe Turing Test is an annual event in which the most advanced computer programs try to fool a panel of judges into mistaking them for real people. And real people compete to try to win the coveted "Most Human Human Award."knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk110410a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk110410a.mp3 What's your billion dollar idea? You know, the one that's going to change the world? America's the land of invention, right? And it's that can-do spirit that makes this country great. But America's no longer the global innovation giant it once was.Where have you gone, Thomas Edison? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/4QcrXo8GPJs/tbk120513A.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120513A.mp3 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noWhat's your billion dollar idea? You know, the one that's going to change the world? America's the land of invention, right? And it's that can-do spirit that makes this country great. But America's no longer the global innovation giant it once was.Where hWisconsin Public RadioWhat's your billion dollar idea? You know, the one that's going to change the world? America's the land of invention, right? And it's that can-do spirit that makes this country great. But America's no longer the global innovation giant it once was.Where have you gone, Thomas Edison?knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120513A.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120513A.mp3 Why is Henry David Thoreau still an American icon 150 years after he died? Yes, he was a brilliant writer, but above all, he asked us to "front only the essential facts of life." http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/BKHzNGf2Mfc/tbk120506a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120506a.mp3 Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noWhy is Henry David Thoreau still an American icon 150 years after he died? Yes, he was a brilliant writer, but above all, he asked us to "front only the essential facts of life."Wisconsin Public RadioWhy is Henry David Thoreau still an American icon 150 years after he died? Yes, he was a brilliant writer, but above all, he asked us to "front only the essential facts of life."knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120506a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120506a.mp3 Wisconsin Public Radiononadult