Is America the proverbial melting pot or a salad bowl? Either way, says Richard Friedlander, we eat together or we starve alone.
Host: Richard Friedlander

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Questions of etiquette trouble Mike Adamick and the colorful guests at a tea party for his imaginative young daughter.
Host: Mike Adamick

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Holly Hubbard Preston argues that even an increasingly progressive garbage industry isn't able to keep up with the mountains of trash we discard.
Host: Holly Hubbard Preston

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When crisis struck Wendi Lelke-Wallway and her father, she didn't know she was saving more than a life.
Host: Wendi Lelke-Wallway

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From "tipping point" to "perfect storm," cliched metaphors spread like cancer. Steven Birenbaum visits buzz word heaven.
Host: Steven Birenbaum

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Mary Wang is breast feeding her newborn -- and finding how awkward a breast doing its job can make people feel.
Host: Mary Wang

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