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Data scientist and psychologist Gloria Mark shares the latest research on our diminishing attention spans and explains why our increasingly distracted lives can impact our health and…

from Life Examined

On this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast, Heyday Books publisher and former LA Times book editor Steve Wasserman and host Robert Scheer commit themselves to this conversation…

from Scheer Intelligence

With restaurants dedicated to global rice dishes, JJ Johnson explores 28 varieties in his latest cookbook.

JJ Johnson uses rice to pay tribute to global grains

With restaurants dedicated to global rice dishes, JJ Johnson explores 28 varieties in his latest cookbook.

from Good Food

Chef Eric Adjepong explores assimilation, culture and home in a new children's book.

The children's book 'Sankofa' uses food to share history and culture

Chef Eric Adjepong explores assimilation, culture and home in a new children's book.

from Good Food

Authors and scientists Theresa MacPhail and Alanna Collen delve into the history and science of allergies, proposing that a potential solution for allergy sufferers may lie within the…

Why allergies and gut health are getting worse

Authors and scientists Theresa MacPhail and Alanna Collen delve into the history and science of allergies, proposing that a potential solution for allergy sufferers may lie within the…

from Life Examined

Lisa Hamilton looks at one Hmong woman's struggle to survive war, loss and displacement while holding onto her identity.

How a Hmong woman escaped Laos and ended up growing rice in Fresno

Lisa Hamilton looks at one Hmong woman's struggle to survive war, loss and displacement while holding onto her identity.

from Good Food

Sheng Yang and Sami Scripter collaborate on a new edition of the first Hmong American cookbook.

A teacher and a student take a fresh look at Hmong American recipes

Sheng Yang and Sami Scripter collaborate on a new edition of the first Hmong American cookbook.

from Good Food

Zarghuna Adel learns classic recipes from older Afghans living abroad and reintroduces them to a younger generation living in the country.

Returning to Afghanistan after 25 years, Zarghuna Adel resurrects recipes

Zarghuna Adel learns classic recipes from older Afghans living abroad and reintroduces them to a younger generation living in the country.

from Good Food

Poet and author Christian Wiman talks about his cancer diagnosis, confronting death, and how his faith has taught him to embrace the unknown.

God is a verb: The mystical, existential poetry of Christian Wiman

Poet and author Christian Wiman talks about his cancer diagnosis, confronting death, and how his faith has taught him to embrace the unknown.

from Life Examined

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

from Good Food

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

Social-scientist-turned-farmer Chris Smaje makes the case for small-scale farming

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

from Good Food

One of the biggest stories of the twentieth century, big enough to displace Watergate from the front pages of newspapers nationwide, takes the form of a novel in an attempt to use…

The kidnaping of the century: How Patty Hearst became a revolutionary

One of the biggest stories of the twentieth century, big enough to displace Watergate from the front pages of newspapers nationwide, takes the form of a novel in an attempt to use…

from Scheer Intelligence

Journalist Franklin Foer’s book “The Last Politician” is a behind-the-scenes account of the first two years of the Joe Biden presidency.

‘Last Politician’ positions Biden as end of a dying breed of lawmakers

Journalist Franklin Foer’s book “The Last Politician” is a behind-the-scenes account of the first two years of the Joe Biden presidency.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Matthew Batt, a forty-something professor on sabbatical, recounts the satisfaction he found in meeting fine dining standards as he returned to waiting tables.

A professor returns to waiting tables and he has tips for compassion and gratitude

Matthew Batt, a forty-something professor on sabbatical, recounts the satisfaction he found in meeting fine dining standards as he returned to waiting tables.

from Good Food

Authors Katherine May and Bonnie Tsui share their love of water and swimming, from freezing mid-winter plunges to the history and draw of the water’s edge.

The wonder of water — and why we love to swim

Authors Katherine May and Bonnie Tsui share their love of water and swimming, from freezing mid-winter plunges to the history and draw of the water’s edge.

from Life Examined

“Renewing the Dream: The Mobility Revolution and the Future of Los Angeles” is a new book about how LA is developing alternatives to getting around by cars.

Can modern transit options help redefine the dream life in LA?

“Renewing the Dream: The Mobility Revolution and the Future of Los Angeles” is a new book about how LA is developing alternatives to getting around by cars.

from Greater LA

American poet Major Jackson celebrates two decades of poetry in his latest book called “Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022.”

Beauty, destruction at center of Major Jackson’s latest poetry book

American poet Major Jackson celebrates two decades of poetry in his latest book called “Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

David Duchovny isn’t just an actor — he’s a musician, director and author. His latest novella, “The Reservoir,” is set in the early days of COVID in NYC.

‘The Reservoir’: David Duchovny takes readers through fever dream with a view

David Duchovny isn’t just an actor — he’s a musician, director and author. His latest novella, “The Reservoir,” is set in the early days of COVID in NYC.

from Greater LA

Jonathan Bastian talks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the role that hardship and pain play in living a good life.

Can pain and suffering sweeten our lives?

Jonathan Bastian talks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the role that hardship and pain play in living a good life.

from Life Examined

Terrified of the ocean in her youth, Valentine Thomas is now a champion spearfisherwoman.

A champion spearfisherwoman ditches her desk job for the open water

Terrified of the ocean in her youth, Valentine Thomas is now a champion spearfisherwoman.

from Good Food