What we eat can often say a lot about us. But why do we consider certain foods more appealing than others? In this hour, we look a the trends and tastemakers who shape our feelings about food. The Buzz Behind Food Trends; Sonic Sidebar: Food Preferences; Julia Child and the Love of Cooking; Food Anxieties; BookMark: Mishy Harman; On Our Minds: Jerusalem.

Who is a patriot? The Snowden Files; 1971 - An FBI break-in that rocked the nation; First Tea Party Activist - Keli Carender; James Yee – Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo ; Kim Stanley Robinson Recommends "The Greatest Story of the 1920's That We Have": The U.S.A. Trilogy by John Dos Passos; On Our Minds: The Fight for the Four Freedoms.

What do airports and air travel tell us about ourselves? A Week at the Airport - Alain de Botton; Sonic Sidebar: Brian Eno's Music for Airports; Aerotropolis - Greg Lindsay; The Skies Belong to Us - Brendan Koerner; Deep Tracks: Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis; On Our Minds: Theme Parks.

Remember what it was like to be a kid, playing outside with friends for hours at a time? Sure, it may just seem like fun and games, but it may also have been invaluable training for life as an adult. Learning Through Play; A Perfect Playground; Inside an Adventure Playground; An Animated Life; Dangerous Idea: Investment Over Aid; On Our Minds: Unrest in Iraq.

The US will pull troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016, leaving behind an enemy they've fought for more than a decade. This week, we explore Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency and find out what motivates them. Who are the Taliban?; Detained by the Taliban; Sonic Sidebar: Facing the Enemy; Talking to the Enemy; BookMark: Leslie Jamison; On Our Minds: Karl Ove Knausgaard.

What’s the future of our faces? With new facial transplantation surgeries and the latest news about the NSA collecting images for facial recognition anaylsis, we're wondering about what we see in the mirror every day.  The NSA Wants Your Faceprint - Do You Know Why?; Artist Uses Makeup To Fool Surveillance Cameras; Former Model Tells The Story Of Her Face; Meet The Surgeon Behind The World's First Complete Facial Transplant; Dangerous Idea: Downloadable Selves; On Our Minds: Soccer in Brazil.

The Heart of Darkness The Act of Killing; The Noble Savage; Better Angels of our Nature; Sonic Sidebar: A Maya Angelou poetry reading; Bookmark: Lorrie Moore; On Our Minds: The Fault in our Stars.

Maybe failure isn't something to avoid, but something to strive for. The Gift of Failure - Sarah Lewis; Twitter's Lovable Misanthrope - Eric Jarosinski; Jodorowsky's Dune - Frank Pavich; BookMark: Nicola Griffith; On Our Minds: The World Cup.

You know the earth is round, the sky is up, and your dog loves you.  But HOW do you know those things?  This week, how we form opinions – the psychology and brain chemistry behind our beliefs. You & Your Brain - Julian Keenan; Sonic Sidebar: The Political Divide; Irrational Beliefs - Will Storr; Charting Religious Traditions - Karen Armstrong; Dangerous Idea: American Exceptionalism; On Our Minds: Tiananmen Square.

Was Marx right after all in his critique of capitalism?  Our ongoing economic struggles have spawned a new generation of Marxist activists and intellectuals, and renewed interest in Karl Marx's own life.  "Why Marx Was Right" - Terry Eagleton; Marx in Soho - Brian Jones; "Love and Capital" - Mary Gabriel; "Utopia or Bust" - Benjamin Kunkel; BookMark: Walter Kirn; On Our Minds: Colson Whitehead.