September 3, 2009

Today on Word of Mouth, between email, Twitter, online games and shopping, there’s plenty to keep people busy online. For those who can’t get themselves to unplug, the first Internet rehab center in the U.S. is now open. We’ll talk to the director of the program. Plus, very short stories written for iPhone screens - are we looking at the future of fiction? And scientists search for the genetic origins of perfect pitch – the ability to name a note on hearing it. Plus, we get behind the scenes with teens making the "fresh greens" series on the environment. And two New England high schools help connect students to the consequences of consumption, from farm to plate, from light switch to polar ice cap.

(Photo by zenobia_joy via Flickr/Creative Commons)