As gas prices rise, more consumers are turning to hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius. Find out how hybrid cars work, which ones are the most efficient, the potential risks to ... Discussion
As gas prices rise, more consumers are turning to hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius. Find out how hybrid cars work, which ones are the most efficient, the potential risks to t ... Discussion
Please Explain is all about satellites – find out what they are, how they work, and what role they play in your everyday life – from cellphones to the weather report. Discussion
On today's Please Explain, Dr. Jock Galloway, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto Department of Geography, answers your questions about sugar. Call 212-433-9692. Discussion
Have no idea what a futures market is, and how it affects your life? Tune in to Please Explain to find out! Charles M. Jones is Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at ... Discussion
Malaria kills more than 1 million people each year, many of them children. Yet the disease is preventable. Find out how malaria spreads, why it???s so devastating in Africa, ... Discussion
Find out how farm subsidies work, who gets them, and how they affect the prices of the food that reaches our tables. Dan Morgan is an investigative reporter for the Washington ... Discussion
On today's Please Explain, Bruce Tharp, Adjunct Professor of Dairy Science at Penn State, answers your questions about ice cream. Call 212-433-9692.
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On today's Please Explain, Andrew P. Lane, Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, answers your question ... Discussion
This year???s batch of presidential hopefuls are fighting over delegates as much as they???re fighting over voters. On Please Explain, find out who the delegates are, how the ... Discussion
Find out how Abraham Lincoln became a great wartime commander in chief despite not having any military experience. Civil War historian James McPhersons most recent book is Tr ... Discussion
It can be hard for parents to get their finicky kids to eat healthy foods. Chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and New York Times "Well" blogger Tara Parker-Pope share tips on h ... Discussion
Essayist and public radio favorite Sarah Vowell talks about Americas Puritan roots, beyond the shoe buckles-and-corn stereotypes, and what our 17th c. cultural heritage means ... Discussion
Advisors to President Bush have claimed that perception is reality. We look at the ways presidents are portrayed in biographical films. When are biopics accurate depictions, ... Discussion
Execution by guillotine wasnt eliminated in France until the early 1980s. French lawyer Robert Badinter talks about his fight to end the death penalty there, and what the US ... Discussion
In 1829, Champagne Bollinger introduced its instantly recognizable champagne. Since then, six generations of the Bollinger family have continued that tradition. Ghislain de Mo ... Discussion
The House has passed the historic $700 billion bailout. Michael Santoli, Associate Editor of Barronâ??s magazine, joins us again for an update, and explains how the passage of ... Discussion
The House votes today on the bailout bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday. Jonathan Capehart, editorial writer for the Washington Post, fills us in on the political implic ... Discussion