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Some Fascinating Facts That You Should Know

Americans & Their Cars Part 2

January 12, 2010

 

Interview with Anne Lutz Fernandez, author of the book Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Having a car gives you freedom, freedom to travel the open road – but that’s not how most of us spend our time in the car.

 

Anne Lutz Fernandez:
More American’s are getting set up with the kind of driving that we usually do because it’s now more than ever spent in traffic.

 

 

 

Americans & Their Cars

January 11, 2010

 

Interview with Anne Lutz Fernandez, author of the book Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives

 

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Mike Carruthers:
We Americans love our cars but I bet you’ll be surprised to realize how much time we actually spend in them.

 

Anne Lutz Fernandez:
On average American’s spend (either as a driver or passenger) 18 and a half hours a week in their cars.

 
 

 

 

Anne Lutz Fernandez, co-author of the book Carjacked…

Interesting Health Facts

April 20, 2009
Interview with Joe Graedon, author of The People's Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies 

 

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Mike Carruthers:
So, here's the dilemma - we're told to stay out of the sun because of the risk of skin cancer, but the sun is where we get a lot of vitamin D.

 

Joe Graedon:
Vitamin D can reduce the risk of many cancers - it may be valuable in reducing the risk of osteoarthritis. There are many other conditions where vitamin D is absolutely crucial.
Joe Graedon

 

The Dark Side Of Plants

June 9, 2009
Interview with Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants

 

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Mike Carruthers:
We think of plants as being fairly benign but there are some mean, nasty and dangerous plants - for instance oleander.

 

Amy Stewart:
Oleanders grow all over the southern part of the United States and it is really a highly, highly toxic shrub that will make you very sick. It will make you very weak and can kill you quite quickly.
Amy Stewart

 

Fascinating Facts About Nature

February 6, 2009
Interview with Bill McLain, author of Do Fish Drink Water?

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Do you know why grapefruit is called grapefruit?

 

Bill McLain:
Well grapefruit (unlike oranges or lemons) grows in cultures like grapes and that's how it got the name grapefruit.
Bill McLain

 

Dreams

February 5, 2009
Interview with Robert Moss, author of The The Secret History of Dreaming

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Our dreams are fascinating but do they really have significance? Maybe.

 

Robert Moss:
Of course there are big dreams and little dreams, there are dreams that are brought on by the way you ate last night, etcetera. But most cultures across most of history have valued dreams for two things…
Robert Moss

 

The Details Behind Increased Life Expectancy

September 2, 2009
Interview with Dr. Laura Carstensen, author of A Long Bright Future

 

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Mike Carruthers:
You are so lucky to be alive today because for most of human history life expectancy was about twenty years.

 

Dr. Laura Carstensen:
It then inched up. By the mid -1800's it was 35 or something. In 1900, life expectancy was 47 in this country and by the time the twentieth century was over it was 77, Today it's 78.
 Dr. Laura Carstensen

 

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