Investigations of private and forgotten things. Food writers Matt and Ted Lee unwrap cheeses and open jars in their search for the oldest food in New York. We meet a public letter writer in Mexico City, called upon to fill out job applications, write school essays, and compose verse. And we eavesdrop on the secrets of people entering and leaving a public library. Also this week, the adventures of comedy duo Ahna Tessler and Lauren Engel, who make their way to L.A. with their Hollywood pitch.
Secrets
The Place of Words
It’s been about a hundred and fifty years since public letter writers, known as "evangelistas," first set up shop under the arches of Santo Domingo Plaza in Mexico City. They remain an important presence there, and as Next Big Thing contributor Marianne McCune tells us, the entire district is now ...
Down and Out (and Up and Down) in Hollywood
Lady Chutney
Lots of things came into being in 1969 – the Concorde jet, the Nixon presidency, and – Joy Tomkins’s rhubarb chutney. She reports to Dean from Downham Market in Norfolk, England, on how the chutney has fared lo these many years. Produced by Jill Krauss.
Old Food
Solitude
Host Dean Olsher wanders through the Sugar Hill section of Harlem and contemplates the world, to the strains of Duke Ellington’s ballad "Solitude."
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