This week, To the Best of Our Knowledge comes to you from our kitchens and homes. We’re safe, but we’ve all been thinking about the people on the front lines of the pandemic — doctors, nurses and hospital staffs. We’ve been seeing them on social media — the nurses in NYC wearing garbage bags because there aren’t enough 
sterile gowns.  Doctors figuring out those weird new face masks. Those incredibly brave doctors and nurses in Italy, Spain, France, the U.S. This hour we tell some remarkable stories of doctors and scientists who are saving lives.

*Original Air Date: * March 28, 2020

**Guests: **

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/larry-brilliant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Larry Brilliant</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/josh-mezrich" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josh Mezrich</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/missy-makinia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Missy Makinia</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/manu-prakash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manu Prakash</a>

**Interviews In This Hour: **

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/hippie-doctor-who-helped-eradicate-smallpox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hippie Doctor Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/would-you-give-your-kidney-stranger-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Would You Give Your Kidney to a Stranger?</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/could-50-cent-microscope-change-world-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Could a 50 Cent Microscope Change the World?</a>

This week, To the Best of Our Knowledge comes to you from our kitchens and homes. We’re safe, but we’ve all been thinking about the people on the front lines of the pandemic — doctors, nurses and hospital staffs. We’ve been seeing them on social media — the nurses in NYC wearing garbage bags because there aren’t enough sterile gowns. Doctors figuring out those weird new face masks. Those incredibly brave doctors and nurses in Italy, Spain, France, the U.S. This hour we tell some remarkable stories of doctors and scientists who are saving lives. *Original Air Date: * March 28, 2020 **Guests: ** Larry Brilliant — Josh Mezrich — Missy Makinia — Manu Prakash **Interviews In This Hour: ** The Hippie Doctor Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox — Would You Give Your Kidney to a Stranger? — Could a 50 Cent Microscope Change the World?

This week, To the Best of Our Knowledge comes to you from our kitchens and homes.&nbsp;We’re safe, but we’ve all been thinking about the people on&nbsp;the front lines of the pandemic — doctors, nurses and hospital staffs. We’ve been seeing them on social media&nbsp;— the nurses in NYC wearing garbage bags because there aren’t enough 
sterile gowns.&nbsp; Doctors figuring out those weird new face masks. Those incredibly brave doctors and nurses in Italy,&nbsp;Spain,&nbsp;France, the U.S.&nbsp;This hour we tell some&nbsp;remarkable stories of doctors and scientists who are saving lives.

*Original Air Date: * March 28, 2020

**Guests: **

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/larry-brilliant" rel="noopener noreferrer">Larry Brilliant</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/josh-mezrich" rel="noopener noreferrer">Josh Mezrich</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/missy-makinia" rel="noopener noreferrer">Missy Makinia</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/manu-prakash" rel="noopener noreferrer">Manu Prakash</a>

**Interviews In This Hour: **

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/hippie-doctor-who-helped-eradicate-smallpox" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Hippie Doctor Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/would-you-give-your-kidney-stranger-0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Would You Give Your Kidney to a Stranger?</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/could-50-cent-microscope-change-world-0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Could a 50 Cent Microscope Change the World?</a>

Doctors Give Us Hope

Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are now archived in the Library of Congress. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hosts Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of Atoms and Eden. Learn more at wondercabinetproductions.com.

Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook" rel="noopener noreferrer">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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