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Did you know that Philadelphia Cream Cheese doesn’t come from Philadelphia? Or that marshmallows were originally medicine for kids? This episode begins by looking at some fascinating and unusual origins of food names. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tagged/health/at-home/odd-facts-7-iconic-products-164000529.html

Despite the human need for social interaction, we keep shying away from it. People are less social than before and there are real consequences for that. Listen as we discuss why people are less connected, what the impact of that is and what we need to do to intervene and fix it. My guest is Jeffrey A. Hall is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies and the director of the Relationships and Technology Lab at the University of Kansas and co-author of the book The Social Biome: How Everyday Communication Connects and Shapes Us (https://amzn.to/417F1jc).

When you hear someone talk about nuclear power – what do you think? Nuclear power has a bad image. People think it is unsafe – but is it really? A lot of environmentalists are jumping on the nuclear bandwagon. And the fact is there are almost 100 nuclear reactors in operation in the U.S. with no problem and France actually gets 70% of its power from nuclear. Listen as I discuss all of this with Marco Visscher, an award-winning journalist, who has written extensively about climate policy and clean technology and is author of the book, The Power of Nuclear (https://amzn.to/4b2MgxD).

Why do people say umm, ahh and ya know? And have they always said them? Listen as I reveal how those “speech disfluencies” are likely only about 100 years old – and why they are so common now. Source: Michael Erard, author of UM… Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean (https://amzn.to/42VSGN4)

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RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:

Source for the story about food names: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tagged/health/at-home/odd-facts-7-iconic-products-164000529.html?guccounter=1

Amazon link for Jeffrey Hall’s book, The Social Biome: https://amzn.to/4bjcD2h

Amazon link for Marco Visscher’s book, The Power of Nuclear: https://amzn.to/43dwFt3

Amazon link for Michael Erard’s book, UM…: https://amzn.to/4ixBUIP

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