One Square Meter of Forest

David Haskell spent one year examining one square meter of forest. Learn about what he saw on this episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge. Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/28/12.

Knowledge & Wisdom

This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Steve Paulson talks about knowledge, wisdom, and his office.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/7/12.

Medicine & Compassion

On this episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge, listen to an interview with the Dali Lama's doctor, and a lot of other people who speak of medicine and compassion.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/21/12.

Trend Forecasting

This week on To the On the To the Best of Our Knowledge, a show all about trend forecasting.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/7/12.

How We Decide

This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge, an interview with Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 12/24/11.

Violence

According to Steven Pinker, we are living in the most peaceful time in world history. Listen to this interview with Pinker on To the Best of Our Knowledge.

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Jazz & The Cold War

This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge, they did a had a great segment on how jazz was used as a weapon during the cold war.

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Big Waves

To the Best of Our Knowledge did a podcast all about forces of nature, including a segment on big waves.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 10/29/11.

How to Fail

There's a right way to fail, and a wrong way to fail. Learn more on this episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge, with Carol Dweck, author of Mindset.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 10/22/11.

The Universe

Learn about The Universe on this episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge. My favorite segment is an interview with physicist Michio Kaku.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 10/8/11.

How does information affect our brains?

This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge they discuss information, and how too much of it affects our brains for better and for worse. My favorite part is about halfway through when they interview Nicholas Carr, the author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 9/1/11.

Bees

This week we found two great podcasts about the topic of bees.

The first is an episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge. Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date is 8/26/11.

The second is an episode about bugs from Skeptically Speaking. Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date is 8/21/11.

Mayans and the truth about 2012

To the Best of our Knowledge did an entire show about the apocalypse, including an interview with David Stuart, author of The order of Days and the truth about 2012.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 8/5/11.

Psychedelics

Last week To the Best of Our Knowledge did a fascinating show about the research being done on psychedelic drugs.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 6/2/11.

Who is anonymous?

To the Best of Our Knowledge did an interesting segment on anonymity on the internet. Just who is "anonymous?" Hard to say.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 5/6/11.

Russia

Russia, the motherland. Home of communism, babushka dolls, and wrestling bears. But what do the Russians watch on TV? We finally have an answer, from To The Best of Our Knowledge.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/14/11.

Antarctica

To the Best of Our Knowledge aired a show called "polar stories" about the north and south pole. My favorite clip was an interview with Lucy Jane Bledsoe, the author of "The Big Bang Symphony: A Novel of Antarctica." Bledsoe's interview is toward the end of the podcast.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/9/11.

John & Paul

This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge they did a great show about various forms of creative partnership, including the relationship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 3/27/11.

Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse was a stone-cold bad ass. This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge, an interview with Thomas Powers, the author of The Killing of Crazy Horse.

The rest of the episode is about rethinking Native American culture. Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 3/3/11.

New Episode of Brain Food Dude podcast out now

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Here's a list of all the podcasts mentioned on the show:

My favorite podcast of the week was To The Best of Our Knowledge about games. Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/10/11.

My second favorite podcast of the week was Fresh Air interviewing Vidal Sassoon (and Andy from The Office). Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/10/11.






Vidal Sassoon cutting Mary Quant's hair.











Other podcasts mentioned:

The Fresh Air episode about interrogation techniques. Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/14/11.

Thomas Jefferson Hour about the French Revolution and The Rights of Man. Listen now or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/13/11.

NOVA ScienceNOW. Listen now or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/11/11.

CNN Interviews. Listen now or download on itunes by clicking here. The itunes release date was 2/11/11.