Melissa Clark shares her ideas on what to do with pumpkins other than carving them! We'll find out how the Food Network went from struggling start-up to cultural staple over the last 20 years. Documentarian Deborah Koons Garcia and scientists Ignacio Chapela and Michael Hansen talk about the complexity and mystery of soil. And, with another salmonella outbreak in the news, Please Explain is about the things that cause food poisoning.
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Kurt Andersen speaks with a poet who is translating new poems coming out of wartime Syria. Alfonso Cuarón explains why the astounding special effects in his new film Gravity take second place to Sandra Bullock’s performance as an untethered astronaut. In American Icons, we look at Cindy Sherman’s remarkable faux ...
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For this New Sounds, hear some loping Tamashek guitar music from the brand new record, "Aratan N Azawad" by the North Malian band, Terakaft, and some new music from the South Malian Vieux Farka Touré, with his father, Ali Farka Toure. Then take a listen to some jazzy big band music from Volker Goetze, featuring Ablaye Cissoko on kora.
