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Red or blue -- do the differences between Democrats and Republicans run deeper than their stands on the issues? Guest host Dean Meminger follows up with New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen on the research into the underlying personality traits that may determine partisanship. Also, does a rose smell as sweet after traveling thousands of miles to your local bodega?
The Price of Service
Gregory Meeks, United States Congressman (D-NY 6) representing southeast Queens, and Paul Rieckhoff, executive director and founder of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and author of Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America From Baghdad to Washington (New American Library, May 2006), discuss problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, ways to improve the care vets receive when they return home, and recent developments in the Middle East.
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Amy Stewart, author of Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007) explores the flower industry.
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Patricia Cohen, New York Times reporter, reviews research into the psychological underpinnings of partisanship. She is joined by Jesse Graham, social psychologist at the University of Virgina and co-author of a forthcoming paper on the different ways liberals and conservatives see morality.
Patricia Cohen’s recent NYT article
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Listeners call in with their views on Lent, fasting, and why it is--or isn't--important to give up something pleasurable from time to time.
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