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Ethical Eating, More Than Green
How can you choose your foods to both sustain yourself and the planet as a whole? Today, we'll have two guests on to discuss ethical eating practices: Taras Grescoe and Makalé Faber-Cullen. Plus, the New Jersey primary; tracking behavior on the internet; and listeners call in about war memorials.
Gun Violence and New Jersey Politics
WNYC's Bob Hennelly updates some fast-moving local stories: a weekend spate of gun violence, and the crowded Senate and Congressional races in New Jersey.
C is for Internet Cookie
Behavioral targeting on the internet is nothing new. Companies have been monitoring your consumer behavior for almost as long as the internet has been around. But as technology changes, should the rules that safeguard consumer privacy change as well? Alissa Cooper of the Center for Democracy and Technology breaks down the issue.
Open Phones: The Act of Remembering
We follow up on our coverage of Memorial Day with a look at the places that memorialize the dead. How are you affected by the monuments and museums we build to remember? Call in or comment below.
Sounds Fishy
We've all heard about collapsing fisheries around the world -- can we help stop the trend with our diets? Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically In A World of Vanishing Seafood, talks about how to enjoy seafood responsibly.
Check, Please
Can eating more endangered foods help them survive? Makalé Faber-Cullen, director of programs at Slow Food USA and contributor to Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods, talks about the effort to preserve endangered foods by getting them on more dinner plates.
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