About
”To the Best of Our Knowledge” is a Peabody award-winning national public radio show that explores big ideas and beautiful questions. Deep interviews with philosophers, writers, artists, scientists, historians, and others help listeners find new sources of meaning, purpose, and wonder in daily life. Whether it’s about bees, poetry, skin, or psychedelics, every episode is an intimate, sound-rich journey into open-minded, open-hearted conversations. Warm and engaging, TTBOOK helps listeners feel less alone and more connected – to our common humanity and to the world we share.

TTBOOK is produced in Madison, Wisconsin, at Wisconsin Public Radio, and is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

TTBOOK is available by annual carriage fee. Please contact your Station Services Manager for more information.

Producer
Wisconsin Public Radio 

Executive Producer
Steve Paulson

Host
Anne Strainchamps

Feed schedule via Exchange
Files delivered every Friday by 12:00 AM ET

Length
TTBOOK offers two programming options for carrying stations:

1.) One-hour version
2.) Two-hour version (second hour from the archives).
0:59:00 - HR 1
1:59:00 - HR 1 + HR 2 (archived episode)

** If airing two hours - hours may be aired together as a two-hour block or separately.

Number of programs
Weekly, ongoing

Program Web site
http://ttbook.org/

Station Licensing Information
View the Station Licensing Information
To The Best of Our Knowledge is available to PRX affiliate stations. Prior to carrying this series, stations must contact their PRX Station Services Manager.

Broadcast Rights
Stations may air the program an unlimited number of times within 6 days of the release date.

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 Production Team


Executive Producer

Steve Paulson
Steve is the Executive Producer and one of the founders of To The Best Of Our Knowledge. He has been a contributing writer for Salon and Nautilus and has written for Slate, Huffington Post and The Atlantic. His radio reports have also been broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Host

Ann Strainchamps
Anne Strainchamps is the host of To The Best Of Our Knowledge. She co-founded the show, along with Steve Paulson and Jim Fleming, and has been a featured interviewer on the program for more than a decade. She has worked in public broadcasting at WAMU in Washington, DC, and at NPR. She has been a reporter, producer, news director, live talk show host, a food and wine columnist, and—in a former life—a chocolatier.