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Fri. 7/6/12
Summer Reads
Fri. 7/6/12
Summer Reads
The Emily Rooney Show
We hear from area authors and literary insiders who reveal what’s on their summer reading lists. Plus we open up the phone lines and take your recommendations.
Thurs. 7/5/12
White House Burning
Thurs. 7/5/12
White House Burning
The Emily Rooney Show
We're joined by the authors of White House Burning, which argues that the national debt is eating away at America's future and that the consequences will be dire.
Wed. 7/4/12
Elizabeth The Queen: The Life Of A Modern Monarch
Wed. 7/4/12
Elizabeth The Queen: The Life Of A Modern Monarch
The Emily Rooney Show
In honor of Independence Day, we aired a special rewind episode about Elizabeth the Queen.
Wed. 7/4/12
Rebecca Eaton's 'Masterpiece'
Wed. 7/4/12
Rebecca Eaton's 'Masterpiece'
The Emily Rooney Show
A special rewind episode featuring Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton in the studio to discuss Downton Abbey's success and how she plans to stay on top.
Tues. 7/3/12
In The Studio With Dan Bern
Tues. 7/3/12
In The Studio With Dan Bern
The Emily Rooney Show
Our resident provocateur Steve Almond returns with an in-studio performance by Dan Bern and his backing band, Common Rotation.
Tues. 7/3/12
One On One With Tom Hamilton
Tues. 7/3/12
One On One With Tom Hamilton
The Emily Rooney Show
Tom Hamilton joins us – ahead of Aerosmith’s North American Tour – to explain what keeps him, Steven Tyler and the rest of the “Bad Boys From Boston” going after 40 years.
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The Tomato’s Fall From Grace
Second only to lettuce in produce popularity – the tomato is one of our most alluring fruits. Not to mention one of the most profitable. In 2009, Americans spent $5 billion on commercially grown fresh tomatoes. But of all the fruits and vegetables we eat, none suffers at the hand of factory farming more than a tomato grown in the winter fields of Florida. And if you bite into a tomato between the months of October and June, chances are it hails from the Sunshine state, which accounts for one-third of the fresh tomatoes grown in the United States. Modern agribusiness can’t deliver a decent-tasting tomato in large part because it’s essentially against the law; regulations set by the Florida Tomato Committee determine what a tomato should look like, and the older, tasty varieties don’t conform to the rules of color and shape. In his new book Tomatoland, based on his James Beard Award-winning article, investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals how industrial agriculture has ruined the tomato in all ways–gastronomic, environmental, and in terms of labor abuse.
