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1. Parasites (Radiolab: Friday, 25 September 2009)
What's gotten into you? In this hour we explore nature's moochers - the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe). Could parasites be the shadowy hands …
2. Glimmer (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 27 October 2009)
Warren Berger, shares the principles of design that can improve the way we think, work, and live. His book Glimmer: How You Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World shows how we can all apply the skills designers use to solve problems …
3. New Normal? (Radiolab: Friday, 02 October 2009)
How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Is a peacenik baboon, a man in a dress, or a cuddly fox a sign of things to come? Or just a flukey outlier from the norm? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour …
4. Recipes from Chef David Chang
ginger scallion noodles Our ginger scallion noodles are an homage to/out-and-out rip-off of one of the greatest dishes in New York City: the $4.95 plate of ginger scallion noodles at Great New....
5. Mind The Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Minority Students
Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students but are not getting the same results with black and Latino students. This weekend, WNYC will air a documentary about one New....
6. New Stu (Radiolab: Friday, 02 October 2009)
Stu Rasmussen, of Silverton, Oregon, is an avid metalworker, woodworker, and electrician - and in 2008 became our country's first transgendered mayor. News of his election swept the country, but what was it like at home?
7. Please Explain: Eco-Labels (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 13 November 2009)
Your broccoli, shampoo, and air conditioner might bear labels declaring them to be organic, cruelty-free, or energy efficient, but what do those labels mean and are they true? On today’s edition of Please Explain, Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Project Di…
8. A Fine Romance (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 10 November 2009)
Poet, editor, and cultural critic David Lehman looks at the origins of the American songbook—jazz standards, iconic love songs, and famous movie sound tracks. In his book A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, explores the fact t…
9. Man of Constant Sorrow (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 10 November 2009)
Ralph Stanley looks back on his long career as the patriarch of old-time mountain music. In Man of Constant Sorrow, he tells the story of how music now popular around the world was created by two brothers from a dying southern mountain culture.
