What Money Can’t Buy by Michael Sandel
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The Daily Circuit: Michael Sandel on ‘What Money Can’t Buy’
Should we allow companies to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades?
These are just a few of the ethical questions Michael J. Sandel attempts to answer in his new book called “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets.”
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Patt Morrison: Understanding the Calorie in an “eat more” World
What is a calorie? The concept seems so simple, yet calories cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted, and it’s their over and under consumption that creates the majority of health problems around the globe. When it comes down to it, they are tricky to understand.
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The Madeleine Brand Show: Author of ‘God’s Hotel’ explains the practice of ‘slow medicine’
Until recently, Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco operated much like an almshouse during the Middle Ages. It served several purposes, providing a place for people who had fallen on hard times, while also offering extended, low-tech care.
The patients at Laguna Honda could stay for weeks, months, and sometimes even years. Dr. Victoria Sweet describes the practice as “slow medicine.” She spent 20 years there after only intending to stay for two months.
Now she has written a book about her experience called “God’s Hotel.”
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The graphic novelist Alison Bechdel uses simple, clean drawings to tell difficult and often messy stories. Her new graphic novel is called “Are You my Mother?” This time, Bechdel delves into her relationship with her mom, herself an artist who gave up her career to raise a family.
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The Madeleine Brand Show: Marilu Henner & Total Memory
The past is prelude to the future. But how much of our lives do most of us really remember? And what would our memories tell us if they could? Get ready to harness the power of your autobiographical memory. New York Times bestselling author, renowned health advocate, actress, performer and memory expert, Marilu Henner, helps you develop the ability to remember more of your past, to recall it more clearly and most of all, to understand your memories as a blueprint for the extraordinary life you were meant to have.
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