First it was farm-to-table, now the latest wave in food is wild. Hunter, angler, gardener and cook Hank Shaw is part of shaping the return to wild foods. In this EXTENDED interview with Sara Nics, he talks deep fried duck tongues and why wild food tastes better.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Stephen Asma tells Jim Fleming how today’s public institutions grew out of the bizarre private collections of people like Peter the Great.
John Cleese gave us Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, the Ministry of Silly Walks, and the neurotic hotel manager in Fawlty Towers. He looks back over it all in his new memoir, "So, Anyway."
Sue Mingus tells Jim Fleming how she met her husband, recalls their two weddings, explains why she spread her husband’s ashes in the Ganges River and talks about his last days in Mexico. And we hear lots of his music.
City planner and urban historian Tom Martinson tells Steve Paulson why the suburbs are a great place to live.
Sandor Katz is the guru of the fermentation revival. He explores the roots of our culture in all things cultured.
Yale Strom talks with Steve Paulson about the klezmer revival, particularly in Poland, and what it means when this culture is re-created by non-Jews.
Celebrated jazz pianist Vijay Iyer has a Ph.D. in music cognition and the rare ability to describe the interplay between music and the brain. We talk with Vijay and listen to his music.
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