Katha Pollitt's Dangerous Idea? Your child is not a special snowflake.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming why deep, dark, bittersweet chocolate is a health food. It has more anti-oxidants than Vitamin C!
Esperanza Spalding is one of the brightest young stars in jazz - except she resists being labeled a "jazz musician." In fact, her new album "Emily's D+ Evolution" sounds more like rock than jazz. When she sat down in our studio with Steve Paulson, she talked about her childhood roots in classical music before her momentous discovery of jazz improvisation.
Barry Glassner tells Steve Paulson that Americans seem to think the value of a meal lies principally in what it lacks - no sugar, fat, carbs, calories, etc. He explores the myths that make us the food police.
In his book "Back to Our Future" David Sirota says the proof is in the staying power of 80s pop culture.
Francine Segan, author of "The Philosopher's Kitchen", tells us of the importance of bread to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
There are sad songs in rock, and sad songs in jazz, but the resting place for the saddest songs is clearly in country music.
DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh talks about his new visual art exhibition, "Myopia."
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