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Pick Your City, Story of Stuff, Anxiety, Boutique Medicine
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, August 19, 2008.
Tuesday on Word of Mouth, we’re stepping away from the live microphone to broadcast some of our favorite interviews from the past few months. Here’s a list of the segments in today’s show. Click on the links to listen to them and to find more information:
Does Where You Live Make You Happy? - Richard Florida's latest book, Who's Your City?, makes the case that where we decide to live could have the greatest impact on our future happiness
Next Green Thing: The Story of Stuff - An animated film offers an eye-opening exploration of our often wasteful, disposable culture
A Brief History of Anxiety - Novelist and journalist Patricia Pearson writes about her struggles with anxiety, and the history of the condition
Boutique Medicine - Proponents say boutique medicine's one-on-one care is a great Band-aid for a broken healthcare system, but critics say it leaves the poor and middle class out in the cold
(Photo by Douglas Parker)
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