Apr 8th, 2005 · In a growing school fad, kids are competing to take small plastic cups and stack them into formations as quickly as possible. But is it a sport? Nancy Greenleese of member station KUNC reports.
Nov 5th, 2004 · Plastic surgery gift certificates? Find out if that's "Fool Fact or Fool Fiction" when we play this week's game.
Sep 21st, 2004 · Anderson writes the Letters from Baghdad column for The New Yorker magazine. His new book is The Fall of Baghdad. Anderson's conversations with people in Iraq, including an artist, a driver and a plastic surgeon, as well as his travels around the country, formed the basis of his new book.
Aug 21st, 2004 · Washington Post reporter Hank Stuever looks for America in all the places Charles Kuralt overlooked. In his new compilation of essays: Off Ramp: Adventures and Heartache in the American Elsewhere, Stuever searches the mundane -- box stores, plastic patio furniture, reality TV -- for the transcendent. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about his quest.
Jul 11th, 2004 · Our summer reading series continues with industrial designer Karim Rashid. Known for his creations like the curvy Garbino trash can or stackable plastic Oh! chair, Rashid also designed the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia. He says what he reads inspires his work.