Our Freakonomics Radio project includes a�regular podcast�and�Marketplace�segment. But twice a year, we also produce a set of five one-hour specials that play on public-radio stations across the country.�Find a station�near you.
Season 2, Episode 4
In this episode, we look at the tension between ?slow food? ? a return to the past ? and the food future. You?ll hear from slow-food champion Alice Waters and uber-modernist Nathan Myhrvold, who advocates bringing more science into the kitchen ? including, perhaps, a centrifuge, a pharmaceutical freeze drier and ? a food printer?
Also in this episode: we delve into the social mores of Twitter. Is it a two-way street? Do you have to follow someone on Twitter to garner a large following yourself? Or are the mores of a digital friendship different from those in real life? Hear about the Twitter give-and-take from sociologist Duncan Watts. Also, Justin Halpern parleyed his hit Twitter feed ?Shit My Dad Says? into a best-selling book and a TV show; we learn about the one guy he follows. And Steve Levitt weighs in on just how important (or not) Twitter is in his life.
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