Science journalist Harriet Brown says the medical establishment has demonized fat and misrepresented the science behind dieting and weight loss. She unpacks the four most toxic medical myths about weight and health.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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British actor Simon Callow is writing Orson Welles' biography. Volume 2 is called "Hello Americans."
Novelist Tom Perrotta talks with Anne Strainchamps about life in the suburbs, where everything is nice, and nobody wants a pedophile to move into the neighborhood.
Music writer Peter Guralnick tells us how the legendary Sam Phillips created rock and roll as a musical protest.
The saddest music of all to many people is Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings.”
What happens when war becomes just another video game? Lido Giovacchini tells a story of futuristic combat.
Vivek Maddala composes new scores for silent movies. He tells Steve Paulson how music can tell a story.
Tad Pierson runs a tour business called “American Dream Safari.” He takes his clients on tours of Memphis and into Mississippi in his 1955 Cadillac named Mansfield.
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