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Faith Middleton Show: Drunk Tank Pink

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:43:06 EST

Today: The way the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are influenced by forces that aren't always in our control.

Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along a Japanese railway line halt...

Faith Middleton's Politics, Burgers & Beer: May 14, 2013

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:53:27 EST

Rich Hanley joins Faith for Politics, Burgers & Beer. They’ll talk issues, arguments, budgets, controversies, news, Obama, Malloy, Washington, Hartford, and other people and places with names. There’s plenty to talk about… and you should join the conversation! Call in: 203 776-WNPR.

Faith Middleton Show: Play

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:48:07 EST

Teaching to the test. Homework in kindergarten. What price are we paying for eliminating play in school? While parents and educators want the best for kids, what is the best? What if countries with high education success rates start those kids on a diet of free play in school? We never hear about that part, but we will in this hour. Edward Miller, an expert in the value of play in child develop...

Faith Middleton Show: Agelessness

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:46:47 EST

What does it mean to be ageless, no matter how young or old you are? Do you have parents or grandparents who want to be independent even in old age? Don't miss our story on the village-to-village network spreading across our region and the country. How to help your family age in place, and how to volunteer from village to village. Bruce Clements also talks about whether being ageless is a goal...

Faith Middleton's Book Show: May 9, 2013

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:04:09 EST

The Book Show gang joins Faith live with recommendations in all categories. And we’ll take your calls! What’re you reading? What’ve you recently read and loved? Are you a librarian? A teacher? Are you part of a book club? Call us!

Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze: Jacques Pépin's New Complete Techniques

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:48:30 EST

Based on Pépin’s 1978 and 1979 archetypal works La Méthode and La Technique, Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques has become a cookbook classic in its own right, selling more than 140,000 copies. Completely revised and updated with more than 1,000 color photographs and 30% new techniques, New Complete Techniques includes more than 600 techniques and methods and 160 recipes that are demonstrated...

Faith Middleton Show: New York, New York

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:57:18 EST

Gotham. The Big Apple. The Empire City. The City That Never Sleeps. The Capital of the World. Metropolis. THE City. Today: A paean to New York City.

Faith Middleton Show: Round About the Earth

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:33:25 EST

For almost five hundred years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth—by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation, when few survived the attempt: in 1519, Ferdinand Magellan left Spain with five ships and 270 men, but only one ship and thirty-fi...

Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze: Cupcakes, Candy Bars, Cookies, and Crazy Good Italian

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:21:16 EST

The four Cs: Cupcakes, Candy bars, Cookies… and sugar Comas! The Food Schmooze gang tries cupcakes from Mr. D’s in Wallingford, CT. Our candy correspondent Katharine Weber joins us to talk candy bars with Susie Norris, co-author of Hand-Crafted Candy Bars. And Faith discovers a cuckoo cookie concoction. PLUS, Mike Isabella joins us for a look at his new cookbook, Crazy Good Italian.
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Faith Middleton Show: Love 2.0

fmiddleton@wnpr.org (Faith Middleton) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:51:29 EST

We all know love matters, but today, positive emotions expert Barbara Fredrickson joins Faith to show us just how much. Even more than happiness and optimism, love holds the key to improving our mental and physical health as well as lengthening our lives. Using research from her own lab, Fredrickson redefines love not as a stable behemoth, but as micro-moments of connection between people—even...