Developmental psychologist Peter Gray says play helps children make sense of the world, and teaches them the social and emotional skills they'll need as a adults. He's the author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Studsents for Life.
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Get your chairs in order for this round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz...Ithaca-style!
Patricia Person confesses she is a procrastinator in this audio essay.
Journalist Peggy Orenstein tells Jim Fleming about the raw food movement. She explains why they think food should never be heated above 118 degrees.
Linda Greenlaw tells Anne Strainchamps that fishing for lobsters is mostly a matter of hard work and persistence, and that for the fishermen, lobster is cheap eating.
What’s daily life like for the U.S. president? Journalist Michael Lewis says it’s “an absurd job.” Lewis recently spent six months with President Obama. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, he talks with Steve Paulson about shadowing POTUS.
Singer/songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall talks about his fictional indie rock band, Monkey Bowl.
Louise Brown tells Anne Strainchamps that the traditional culture of prostitution is related to the performing arts in Pakistan but that it is being replaced by a sex industry.
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