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Some diet and supplement advocates claim they work by speeding up metabolism. On Please Explain: find out how metabolism works, why it’s essential to life, and whether it can be sped up or slowed down. Also: Curtis Roosevelt on growing up in the White House with his grandfather FDR. Broadway star Barbara Cook stops by. Plus: an Iraqi-born artist's unique ways of encouraging a dialogue between Iraqis and Americans.
Life Under the Gun
Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal’s attempts to create a dialogue between Iraqis and American include being shot at tens of thousands of times by a paintball gun fired over the internet, and trying to blow up an Iraqi farmhouse he built at an art colony in California. His new ...
Growing Up in the White House
FDR’s grandson, Curtis Roosevelt, was 3 years old when his grandfather became president; he subsequently moved into the White House with his sister and mother. He talks about the mixed blessing of growing up in the White House cocoon, and offers some advice to Malia and Sasha Obama. His new ...
Broadway Star Barbara Cook
Broadway star Barbara Cook is in her eighties, but she’s still going strong. Her new solo album is “Rainbow Round My Shoulder.”
Please Explain: Metabolism
Some diets and supplements claim to work by speeding up metabolism. Find out how metabolism works, why it’s essential to life, and whether food, exercise, and supplements really can accelerate it...or slow it down. Dr. Rosalind Coleman is Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics at UNC-Chapel Hill; Marion Nestle is Professor ...
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