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David Plotz on "Good Book"

David Plotz is the editor of Slate Magazine (slate.com) and the author of "Good Book."

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Carl Honore on the Slowness Movement

Carl Honore talks with Anne Strainchamps about how the Slowness movement got started and how it's developed into a revolution.

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Birute Galdikas on Orangutans

We hear from orangutan researcher Birute Galdikas who talks about her experience in Borneo observing the lives orangutans and about the deep connections she shared with them.

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DEEP TRACKS: Charles Cross on "The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest"

Charles R. Cross on the Young Fresh Fellows album “The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.”

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Corby Kummer on Gourmet Salt

Corby Kummer is the food writer for The Atlantic Monthly.  He talks with Anne Strainchamps about Flur de Sel, a gourmet sea salt imported from France.

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Ellen Ruppel Shell on Discount Culture

Ellen Ruppel Shell talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of our obsession with low prices.

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Frank Rich on Musicals

Frank Rich tells Jim Fleming that the Broadway musicals of his childhood were all about dysfunctional families and helped him cope with his own difficult family situation.

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Dangerous Idea: Embrace Laziness

Philosopher Lars Svendsen's Dangerous Idea? We shouldn't fear being lazy.

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