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    The Salt
    The original <em>Foxfire</em> book series consists of 12 volumes, but there are additional specialty books focusing on cooking, winemaking, religion and music.
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    The Foxfire Book Series That Preserved Appalachian Foodways

    Mar 17, 2017
    Foxfire started as a class project at a Georgia high school in the '60s, but soon became a magazine, then a book, and even a way of teaching about the region's simple, self-sustaining way of life.
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    The Two-Way
    Poet and playwright Derek Walcott published his first poem at the age of 14. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
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    Derek Walcott, Who Wrote Of Caribbean Beauty And Bondage, Dies At 87

    Mar 17, 2017
    The Nobel Prize winner celebrated his Caribbean homeland and described its brutal colonial history. "You didn't make yourself a poet," he said. "You entered a situation in which there was poetry."
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    Monkey See
    Writer Neil Gaiman attends a screening of <em>Coraline</em> during the Entertainment Weekly CapeTown Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre on May 5, 2013.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour: Memes, Fads And A Chat With Neil Gaiman

    Mar 17, 2017
    This week, we bring you two segments with comedian Guy Branum from our fall tour, and our friend Petra Mayer chats with author Neil Gaiman about Norse mythology.
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    The Salt
    Seaweed scones
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    Want To Eat Green For St. Patrick's Day? Do It The Irish Way — With Seaweed

    Mar 17, 2017
    Algae was long a part of Irish cuisine. Nutrient-rich, it helped some survive the Great Famine. Irish cooks reviving the practice say it's not just good for you – it's a zap of flavor from the sea.
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    Politics
    President Trump speaks during a rally on Wednesday in Nashville, a day before his budget proposal was released.
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    Trump's Budget Plan Cuts Funding For Arts, Humanities And Public Media

    Mar 16, 2017
    The proposed spending cuts released on Thursday would affect local arts groups as well as public radio and TV stations nationwide.
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    The Two-Way
    The little mark at the heart of it all.
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    The Oxford Comma: Great For Listing, Pontificating, And Winning Court Cases

    Mar 16, 2017
    An appeals court dispute between a Maine dairy company and its delivery drivers came down to a single punctuation mark — or rather, the lack of it. Count it a win for the controversial comma.
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    Code Switch
    Kenyatta Forbes, the creator of "Trading Races."
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    A New Card Game Asks, 'Who's Blacker?'

    Mar 16, 2017
    What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be blacker?
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    Monkey See
    Bill Walsh died on Wednesday from complications of bile duct cancer. He worked at <em>The Washington Post</em> for 20 years as a copy editor.
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    Remembering Bill Walsh's Way With Words

    Mar 16, 2017
    Language authority and Washington Post copy editor Bill Walsh died Wednesday after a long career making other people's writing better.
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    The Salt
    The pasty's seasonings are consistently simple. They are always seasoned with only salt and pepper and served with ketchup or gravy.
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    In Michigan, The Pasty Isn't X-Rated. It's A Portable Pie With History Baked In

    Mar 16, 2017
    The lightly seasoned meat and veggie pie, prevalent in the Upper Peninsula, is pure fuel. Popularized by Cornish miners in the 1800s, it's come to symbolize tenacity in the face of trying conditions.
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    Code Switch
    Chris sits down for tea with Rose's parents in <em>Get Out</em>. (From left, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel and Daniel Kaluuya).
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    'Get Out' Sprang From An Effort To Master Fear, Says Director Jordan Peele

    Mar 15, 2017
    As a kid, Peele was terrified of "the demons that lurked in the dark." Then he realized that by making a horror-thriller, he "would be wielding this power, as opposed to being a victim to it."
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    Shots - Health News

    A Blind Theatergoer's 'Hamilton' Lawsuit Aims Spotlight On Broadway Accessibility

    Mar 14, 2017

    The class-action suit brought against the hit musical doesn't seek damages. The attorneys say the hope is to draw attention to Broadway's spotty record in serving audiences with disabilities.

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    The Salt
    Pu'er is routinely compressed into cakes, called <em>bings</em>, and wrapped in paper printed with the name of the tea.
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    Why Pu'er, A Complex Tea, Draws Rapt Fans And Big Dollars

    Mar 14, 2017
    Grown in China's remote Yunnan Province, this legendary, fermented dark tea changes as it ages. Like a fine wine, pu'er is sipped, savored and collected by devotees.
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    All Tech Considered
    Adam Harvey's HyperFace scarf prototype.
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    Covert Fashion Provides Camouflage Against Surveillance Software

    Mar 13, 2017
    Hyphen-Labs is a group of women of color who are scientists, engineers, architects and designers who have designed clothing that camouflages against facial recognition software.
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    The Two-Way
    Chicago author Amy Krouse Rosenthal has died at 51, according to The Associated Press.
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    Author, Modern Love Essayist Amy Krouse Rosenthal Dies At 51

    Mar 13, 2017
    Rosenthal won hearts with her children's book and memoirs — and broke them with her essay announcing her terminal illness, a Modern Love piece called "You May Want To Marry My Husband."
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    All Tech Considered
    Adam Alter's previous book is<em> Drunk Tank Pink.</em>
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    'Irresistible' By Design: It's No Accident You Can't Stop Looking At The Screen

    Mar 13, 2017
    Technology is designed to be addictive, offering gratification that's similar to that of drug abuse or gambling. Author Adam Alter says a new frontier could soon provide another escape from reality.
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    The Salt
    Kevin Rodriguez salts the matzo by hand. He later invested $8,000 in an antiquated salting machine to help with the process.
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    Matzo Makeover: Can The Bread Of Affliction Become A Snack Addiction?

    Mar 13, 2017
    A pair of longtime pals are trying to cheer up the flavorless Passover staple by creating an artisanal matzo that (hopefully) jumps right into the market aisle with all of the other cool crackers.
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    The Salt
    A caricature of a French lemonade merchant, after Henry William Bunbury, 1771.
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    How Lemonade Helped Paris Fend Off Plague And Other Surprising 'Food Fights'

    Mar 12, 2017
    Tom Nealon's new book searches through patchy historical records to trace subjects like how chocolate helped lead to war in the Caribbean, or the role a grain fungus played in the Crusades.
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    Monkey See
    Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) in <em>Get Out</em>.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Get Out' and 'The Americans'

    Mar 10, 2017
    It's a week of high tension as the team welcomes Gene Demby and Kat Chow of NPR's Code Switch team to talk about 'Get Out' and the return of 'The Americans.'
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    TED Radio Hour
    Dan Ariely on the TED Stage
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    Dan Ariely: When Are Our Decisions Made For Us?

    Mar 10, 2017
    We often think that our decisions are our own. But Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely explains how our environment — even something as simple as how a question is framed — can affect what we choose.
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    TED Radio Hour
    Ruth Chang on the TED Stage
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    Ruth Chang: How Can Making Hard Choices Empower Us?

    Mar 10, 2017
    One choice isn't always better than the other. Philosopher Ruth Chang says, once we realize that, it's easier to embrace the hard work of decision-making.
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    The Salt
    Kathy Fields, owner of Flint Hill Farm, demonstrates how to form a mozzarella ball.
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    Mozzarella Magic: How My Father And I Learned To Separate Curds And Whey

    Mar 09, 2017
    To feed their cheese habit, the author and her father took a crash course in mozzarella on a Pennsylvania farm. The experience offered valuable insight into the science and history of cheese-making.
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    Code Switch
    In the revival of "Zoot Suit," Demian Bichir plays The Pachucho, a kind of inner voice to Henry Reyna, played by Matias Ponce.
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    When Clothes Make The Man Appear Dangerous

    Mar 09, 2017
    The revival of playwright Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit" reminds us that clothes and garments have long been the site upon which bigots can project their prejudices and fears.
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    The Salt
    My take on the torte mimosa.
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    On Italy's Feminist Holiday, Women Have Their Cake And Eat It, Too

    Mar 08, 2017
    Leave it to the Italians to take a holiday steeped in women's rights and turn it into Festa Della Donna, when women leave menfolk behind to celebrate each other with flowers, wine and above all, cake.
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    Shots - Health News
    German dictator Adolf Hitler gives a speech in October 1944. Author Norman Ohler says that Hitler's abuse of drugs increased "significantly" from the fall of 1941 until the winter of 1944.
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    Author Says Hitler Was 'Blitzed' On Cocaine And Opiates During The War

    Mar 07, 2017
    Author Norman Ohler says that Adolf Hitler's drug abuse increased "significantly" from the fall of 1941 until winter of 1944: "Hitler needed those highs to substitute [for] his natural charisma."
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    "Spinning Into Butter" Addresses Race And Political Correctness

    Mar 08, 2017

    The Cochroach Theatre Company is presenting Rebecca Gilman's play, "Spinning Into Butter" from March 9 through March 26. 

     

     

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