Kat Duff recommends "Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead," translated by Normandi Ellis.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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His job for the New York Times is to troll the internet for new and noteworthy words. What do these words tell us about the times we live in?
David Brooks coined the word “bobo” to describe the people he calls Bourgeois Bohemians. He says they’re wealthy people who believe they’re motivated by social concerns - they buy “practical” Range Rovers.
Meet the popular blogger who launched a national conversation when she stripped down to her size 18 swimsuit on national television. Brittany Gibbons is a body image advocate who wants to help women everywhere feel comfortable in their own skin. Every inch of it.
Blanche Barton is the former High Priestess of the Church of Satan. She tells Steve Paulson that Satanists are outsiders who do not worship Satan.
David Liss talks about how different trials were in the 18th century, and explains that modern patterns of thinking were only beginning to take hold.
The last word goes to Dr. Seuss. His Sneetches found out the hard way about trying to follow the latest fads.
Food critic Carolyn Wyman talks with Steve Paulson about the history of Wonder Bread.
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