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 2013 by Wisconsin Public Radio Webmaster@wpr.org (Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:02:36 -0500 http://wpr.org/podcasts/images/ttbook_300x300.jpg 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. Wisconsin Public Radio no Copyright 2013 by Wisconsin Public Radioknowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinSociety & Culturewebmaster@wpr.orgWisconsin Public Radioknowledge,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. It’s Art & Craft week at TTBOOK, but we’re not gluing macaroni to cardboard.  From the halls of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, to MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms... what we make shapes our future. What Are You Making?; Craft, Reconsidered - Glenn Adamson; Inside Out Art; Crafting Technology; Making Punk - Richard Hell. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/hTbN4VnPamA/tbk130519A.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130519A.mp3 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noIt’s Art & Craft week at TTBOOK, but we’re not gluing macaroni to cardboard.  From the halls of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, to MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms... what we make shapes our future. What Are You Making?; Craft,Wisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130519A.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130519A.mp3 Hear that?  It's the soothing sound of silence.  We'll have much more, including "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"; one man's quest for absolute silence; and John Cage's 4'33."              Susan Cain on "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"; George Michelsen Foy on "Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence"; Kyle Gann on "No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33"; Garret Keizer on "The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise". http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/vgdZM8AX6bw/tbk120624a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120624a.mp3 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noHear that?  It's the soothing sound of silence.  We'll have much more, including "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"; one man's quest for absolute silence; and John Cage's 4'33."          Wisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120624a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120624a.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. Alfie Kohn on Progressive Education; Astra Taylor and Dana Goldstein on the Schooling Debate; Jody Lewen on the Prison University Project; Sean Pica on Earning His Degree in Prison. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/4pVOI4IYSOI/tbk120603a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603a.mp3 Sun, 12 May 2013 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. Alfie Kohn on ProgreWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.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 we explore how the Internet is changing our lives. Jaron Lanier on "Who Owns the Future?"; Douglas Rushkoff on "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now"; Gabriella Coleman on "Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking"; James Lasdun on "Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked". http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/7EjmtdZIrkM/tbk130512a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130512a.mp3 Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)nowe explore how the Internet is changing our lives. Jaron Lanier on "Who Owns the Future?"; Douglas Rushkoff on "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now"; Gabriella Coleman on "Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking"; James Lasdun on "GiveWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130512a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130512a.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." Tom Fate on "Cabin Fever"; "Walden" Reading; Jeffrey Cramer on Historical Thoreau; Davyd Betchkal on Denali soundscapes; Terry Tempest Williams on Thoreau; Terry Tempest Williams on "When Women Were Birds". http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/BKHzNGf2Mfc/tbk120506a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120506a.mp3 Sun, 5 May 2013 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." Tom Fate on "Cabin Fever"; "Walden" Reading; Jeffrey Cramer on HistoriWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.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 We explore what it means to own your body The Scar Project; The Barbershop; Aubrey Ralph - a look at being transgender; Jim Fleming on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Sally Gross on movement and dance; David Stockman on The Great Deformation. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/WHe2weuP5wc/tbk130505A.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130505A.mp3 Sun, 5 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noWe explore what it means to own your body The Scar Project; The Barbershop; Aubrey Ralph - a look at being transgender; Jim Fleming on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Sally Gross on movement and dance; David Stockman on The Great Deformation.Wisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130505A.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130505A.mp3 There are lots of classic poems out there. But poetry’s no anachronism. It’s pulsing and swelling and beating new rhythms. From online verse to the new US Poet Laureate, from poetry criticism to the form-forging work of Anne Carson, we’re packed to the rafters with poets. Come on in! Poetry: Past, Present and...; Poems in Our Pockets; Poems, History and Memory with Natasha Trethewey; Poesis with Anne Carson. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/PzSA2T-bjKU/tbk120617a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120617a.mp3 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noThere are lots of classic poems out there. But poetry’s no anachronism. It’s pulsing and swelling and beating new rhythms. From online verse to the new US Poet Laureate, from poetry criticism to the form-forging work of Anne Carson, we’re packed to tWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120617a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120617a.mp3 There are lots of classic poems out there. But poetry’s no anachronism. It’s pulsing and swelling and beating new rhythms. From online verse to the new US Poet Laureate, from poetry criticism to the form-forging work of Anne Carson, we’re packed to the rafters with poets. Come on in! Poetry Past & Present - Christian Wiman; Poems in Our Pockets; Natasha Trethewey - U.S. Poet Laureate; Poesis with Anne Carson. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/IMtRrTeMQUM/tbk130428a.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130428a.mp3 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noThere are lots of classic poems out there. But poetry’s no anachronism. It’s pulsing and swelling and beating new rhythms. From online verse to the new US Poet Laureate, from poetry criticism to the form-forging work of Anne Carson, we’re packed to tWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130428a.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk130428a.mp3 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. Lawrence Krauss & Marcelo Gleiser on Something from Nothing; Dava Sobel on Copernicus; Lisa Randall on Dark Matter & Dark Energy; Margaret Wertheim on Fringe Physics. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/D1hNSYkhu0A/tbk120603b.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120603b.mp3 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 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 lifWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.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 Imagine a farm five stories tall, powered by the sun, watered by the rain. Cabbage and carrots, tomatoes and eggplant grow on living walls. Tens of thousands of fish swim in aquaponic tanks. In this hour, the urban farm of the future gets real.  Dickson Despommier on Vertical Farming; Will Allen on Urban Farming; Karen Le Billon on French Kids Eat Everything; Jennet Conant on Julia Child and the O.S.S.; Aaron Bobrow-Strain on White Bread. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TTBOOK/~3/Vq65uEX96T0/tbk120610.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120610.mp3 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 webmaster@wpr.org (Wisconsin Public Radio)noImagine a farm five stories tall, powered by the sun, watered by the rain. Cabbage and carrots, tomatoes and eggplant grow on living walls. Tens of thousands of fish swim in aquaponic tanks. In this hour, the urban farm of the future gets real.  DickWisconsin Public RadioTo 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.knowledge,ttbook,wpr,pri,fleming,wisconsinhttp://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120610.mp3http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.wpr.org/tbk/tbk120610.mp3 Wisconsin Public Radiononadult