Corby Kummer tells Anne Strainchamps about French fleur de sel and it’s Portugese cousin flor de sal. They’re exotic and expensive gourmet sea salts that taste fabulous.
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon tells Jim Fleming that his recent books are part of a sort of Chinese box set of four inter-related novels involving the same characters and his native city of Barcelona.
Mindless Eating author and Ithaca native, Brian Wansink, cleans his plate on stage with Michael.
Writer Sam Kriss's Dangerous Idea? The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" as satire.
Charles Taylor was convicted of mass murder, rape, and sexual slavery, among other crimes this week by the ICC. One of his top warlords, infamous for using child soldiers, is seeking redemption. Listen to this NEW and UNCUT interview about General Butt Naked.
Memory researcher Daniel Schacter tells Steve Paulson that you can be confident of your memory and still wrong, and explains other tricks our memories play on us.
University of Wisconsin historian Florencia Mallon talks about Chilean singer Victor Jara - one of the thousands of Chileans rounded up during the coup and executed.
Novelist Tim O’Brien talks about the life-long consequences of the decisions the Viet Nam generation made in their twenties, and says it’s harder to effectively protest today.
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