25 episodes

Every day, faculty members at schools and universities throughout the world are making discoveries that shape our ways of thinking and redefine our understanding of today's knowledge-driven society. Since 1990, The Best of Our Knowledge has highlighted breakthroughs across disciplines and across the globe, putting you in touch with the men and women at the forefront of their fields. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education.

The Best Of Our Knowledge Lucas Willard

    • Education
    • 4.6 • 7 Ratings

Every day, faculty members at schools and universities throughout the world are making discoveries that shape our ways of thinking and redefine our understanding of today's knowledge-driven society. Since 1990, The Best of Our Knowledge has highlighted breakthroughs across disciplines and across the globe, putting you in touch with the men and women at the forefront of their fields. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education.

    The Night Visitors

    The Night Visitors

    Hairy bodies. Compound eyes. Feather-like antenna. The perhaps misunderstood moth is in the limelight in the experimental documentary film, “The Night Visitors.” The movie provides a glimpse into a world many of us overlook. We’ll speak with filmmaker Michael Gitlin.

    • 28 min
    Atmospheric study and shoeing horses

    Atmospheric study and shoeing horses

    The April 8th solar eclipse will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for millions. We’ll meet students who are using balloons to study the celestial event.



    And what’s better than a sturdy pair of shoes? Horseshoes, that is. We’ll learn about a program that is educating future farriers.

    • 28 min
    Eclipse research and space commerce

    Eclipse research and space commerce

    From Mexico to Maine, the April 8th solar eclipse will carve a path of darkness across North America. We’ll learn how NASA is preparing to study the event.



    And commercial interest in space is at an all-time high. We’ll learn more from the U.S. Office of Space Commerce.

    • 28 min
    Board games and woodworking

    Board games and woodworking

    What’s your favorite board game? We’ll explore the history of board games in America.



    And we’ll visit an upstate New York woodworking shop that is opening its doors to the community.

    • 28 min
    Exploring the ARChive

    Exploring the ARChive

    In an age of smartphones and streaming, where physical media is disappearing, we’ll take a trip to the largest collection of popular music in the world – and meet the man who has dedicated most of his life to cataloguing recordings and historic materials.



    And we’ll attend a groundbreaking for a new middle school in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

    • 28 min
    Seacoast monitoring and space-faring technology

    Seacoast monitoring and space-faring technology

    On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge: In a changing climate, researchers around the world are asking citizen scientists to use their smartphones to help monitor beach erosion and storm damage.



    And we’ll find out why company Columbia Sportswear is currently displaying its logo on the moon.

    • 28 min

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