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
Mark, Dan and fellow Bryant Park Project alum Jacob Ganz continue their conversation about tea, touching on new issues, including the world of iced and herbal. Plus, Jacob is the latest victim of our Proust-ish questionnaire. /mark Photo: Flickr CC / 51106757@N04
Our newest highly topical interview with the awesome Madeleine Brand, the rare public radio host able to analyze Mideast affairs and namecheck Bow Wow Wow in the same show with equal confidence and credibility. We look at the good and the bad of popular Valentine's Day candies, such as heart-shaped chocolate boxes and conversation hearts. Since
To help you take your Valentine's Day to the next level, we experiment with new uses for chocolate hearts and candy conversation hearts. Plus, we make the case for adding another type of heart to the holiday.
Bitter Elves Outtake.mp3 Listen on Posterous We had a lot of fun talking tea with fellow BPP alum Jacob Ganz (now of NPR's The Record music blog). Part 1 is up now and the second half will go up next week. But even after making two whole episodes, we still had a few fun exchanges that didn't quite fit in either. Here's
