Are you a morning person or a night person? Sometimes our bodies dictate when we can and cannot perform, despite what our minds want to do. We look at the body’s natural rhythms when it comes eating, sleeping, and sex. Also, what do the new campaign filings reveal about the presidential candidates? And, the voliatile intersection between the Iraq war, Washington politics, and Turkey's past and present. Finally: tea kettles get high tech.
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The Long Campaign
WNYC political director Andrea Bernstein offers news and analysis from the 2008 presidential campaign.
Trouble in Turkey
Turkey's government has asked parliament if they can launch attacks against the Kurds in Northern Iraq. The United States has asked for restraint from the Turkish government. This comes at a particularly troubled time between the two nations. NPR's Ivan Watson and Roland Flamini, correspondent for Congressional Quarterly, discuss ...
The Rhythm of Life
Jennifer Ackermann writes about the internal rhythm of the body's processes in her new book Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body (Houghton Mifflin Co, 2007).
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Boing Boing: Tea
Joel Johnson, blogger for Boing Boing talks about the technology behind tea kettles.