Brain Food Dude #60

The 60th episode of the Brain Food Dude Podcast is available now. Listen here, or subscribe on itunes.

Walking

Morning Edition had a great piece about the importance of a good walk. Listen here.

40 Year Itch

The New Yorker Comment Podcast had an interesting piece about what they call "the 40-year itch."

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Older People Are Happier

How to Get Better Gas Mileage

This week on How to do Everything, they teach us how to stretch our gas mileage by using a few simple, and a few crazy techniques.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 4/19/12.

Brain Food Dude #59

The 59th episode of Brain Food Dude is now available. Listen here, or subscribe on itunes.

Revelations

On this episode of the New York Times Book Review Podcast, an interview with Elaine Pagels, author or Revelations.

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Knowledge & Wisdom

This week on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Steve Paulson talks about knowledge, wisdom, and his office.

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The Atomic Bombs

How do we morally tackle the question "was it ok to drop the atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II?" That's as tough a question as any, but Dan Carlin does a great job of addressing it in the last episode of Hard Core History.

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Knuckleball

Learn all about baseball's knuckleball, in this Fresh Air interview with R.A. Dickey.

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History of Mexican Food

Learn about the history of Mexican food on this episode of On Point, with Gustavo Arellano, author of Taco Usa: How Mexican Food Conquered the America.

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Brain Food Dude #58

Episode #58 of the Brain Food Dude podcast is available now. Listen here, or subscribe on itunes.

Chinese VS. American Capitalism

Who does capitalism better, America or China? Listen to a debate on this subject, on Intelligence Squared.

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Overpaid College Coaches

According to NPR science corespondent Shankar Vedantam, college sports coaches are overpaid. Listen here.

History of the F.B.I.

This week on the NY Times Book Review Podcast, an interview with Tim Weiner, author of Enemies: A history of the FBI.

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You Are What You Wear

It turns out your clothes have a bigger effect on your cognition than you may think. Learn more on this Science Times Podcast.

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Guts

This week Radiolab did a podcast on that area between our mouths and our butts...our guts.

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Brain Food Dude #57

Episode #57 of the Brain Food Dude podcast is now available. Listen here, or subscribe on itunes.

Morals, Reason, Politics & Religion

This week on Point of Inquiry, an interview with Jonathan Haidt.

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How the Russians Deal With Alcoholism

This week on the Third Coast International Podcast, an entire show dedicated to Russia, including a wacky segment about how the Russians often treat alcoholism.

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The History of Keeping Time

In Our Time had a great discussion this week about the history of keeping track of time.

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What Does the President Actually Do?

This week on Freakonomics Radio, more on what the President of the United States actually does, and does not do.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 3/28/12.

History of Income Tax

This week on Planet Money, a history of the income tax.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 3/23/12.