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Candacy Taylor on Coffee Shop Waitresses

Candacy Taylor is an award-winning photographer, writer and visual artist.

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Charles Mann on "The Aspirin Wars"

Charles Mann tells Steve Paulson how there got to be two Bayer companies making aspirin; how it was marketed in South America, and what makes Anacin different from aspirin.

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Dana Jennings on "Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music"

Dana Jennings grew up in New Hampshire during the golden age of country music from the 1950s through the 1970s. His family listened to country and their values were shaped by it.

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BookMark: Hanan Al-Shaykh

Hanan Al-Shaykh bookmarks "Season of Migration to the North" by Tayeb Salih.

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Frank Knight on Ancient Smells

Frank Knight talks with Anne Strainchamps about the ancient smells his company creates for natural history museums.  He’s especially proud of the T-Rex stink.

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Brian Price on "Meals to Die For"

Brian Price tells Anne Strainchamps how he came to prepare the last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons.

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Augusta Palmer and Anthony DeCurtis on Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer's music writing has great influence on John Lennon. Find out why.

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Ben Ratliff on "The Jazz Ear"

Ben Ratliff has been a jazz critic at the NY Times since 1996.

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