In this week's show we talked to a pair of philosophy professors who can't agree whether a dish that one makes is soup. Here's the video evidence that has been entered into the record as Exhibit A.
Mrs. Sporkful and I are preparing for dinner with some friends... /dan
Our podcasting software tells us where folks are downloading us from, so it's neat to see where various cities rank. In the U.S., the top five are New York, San Francisco, Seattle, LA and DC. It's not scientific, because technically, the number one American location by far is "Unknown." But our audience is urban, suburban and
Dan and Mark come in from the cold of winter to talk hot chocolate, whether made with milk, cream, or even water and Swiss Miss. They debate marshmallows, whipped cream, booze and other warm, weighty issues. /mark Photo: Flickr CC / scottdshaffer
Our tea conversation (Part 1 and Part 2) covered a lot of ground, but even with two episodes to fill, there were several good exchanges that didn't quite fit. Here, we discuss the gimmicky oddity that is sun tea with Jacob Ganz (formerly at NPR's Bryant Park Project with us, now at NPR's The Record music blog). Are you ready for
Ian Chillag, a pal of ours from the days we all worked for NPR's Bryant Park Project, has a brand new podcast to stuff in your downloading quiver. He and his Wait, Wait colleague Mike Danforth have just launched "How to Do Everything." It's awesome and will make you laugh, so go have a listen. /mark
Since we posted Part 1 of our Tea conversation with Jacob Ganz (formerly at NPR's Bryant Park Project with us, now at NPR's The Record music blog), Dan's been taking some abuse for his support of bagged tea over loose tea. Serious tea drinkers like Jacob accuse Dan of ignorance (teagnorance?) for declining the pleasures of loose tea on grounds