Forgotten Mississippi Flood

Guest: Rory Doyle, independent photojournalist based in Cleveland, Mississippi

Rory Doyle's photoessay appeared in the Guardian, depicting the struggles of the residents of the Yazoo backwater area who have been dealing with flood waters over 859 square miles since February.

 

Truth and Myth: a History of the Samurai

Guest: Michael Wert, Associate Professor, East Asian History, Marquette University, and author, “Samurai: A Concise History”

The history of the magnificent and powerful samurai, a symbol of Japan, is actually much more complicated and nuanced than we realize. Women and children even had their place in samurai culture.

 

What's in This? Ice Cream You Can Stretch!

Guest: Michael Sadler, co-founder, The Republic of Booza

Ice cream is, arguably, the most fun of all foods. But what if we could make it even more fun? For our weekly series "What's in This?", we call up  New York City’s Republic of Booza, where Jilbert El-Zmetr and Michael Sadler make and sell a traditional Eastern Mediterranean form of ice cream that stretches and twists like taffy.

 

Saving Ecosystems with Cutting-Edge Genetics

Guest: Ben Novak, Lead Scientist, Revive and Restore

CRISPR, technology which allows precise manipulation of genomes, affords scientists ecological tools to help combat destruction of species and habitats. It can also help get rid of pests without resorting to pesticides.