Music from this week's show.
Rosanne Cash Shares a Song with President Clinton
Rosanne Cash is a dedicated activist and fund-raiser for charitable causes and she finds herself performing at numerous benefit concerts. One such night in 2012, she performed a cover of a ballad she loves – and found out she shared her affinity for the song with a particularly famous audience member, who decided to pay […]
Useless Geometry and Geography
A Sunny Day in Glasgow are not from Scotland, which might make their name useless for pinning down their origins - but, as they title their newest track, they are "In Love with Useless."
Art Survives the Technological Revolution – But Your Job Might Not
In their new book, "The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies," two MIT scholars predict a disruptive future - and tell us how to prepare.
Is the Next Hot Accessory… a Bib?
DressTiez "clothing protectors" (aka bibs) serve a function which, heretofore, only napkins and eating like an adult were able to address: keeping one's lunch off of one's shirt.
Timothy Olyphant: Carpool Lawman
As the star of "Justified," actor Timothy Olyphant plays a swaggering Wild West lawman. It's not the first time he's been cast as that type - but he tells Rico he's no one-trick pony.
“Hidden Steak” – Steve Okonski
Steve Okonski of indie band Diane Coffee answers an obvious question in this icebreaker. He and bandmate Shaun Fleming join us this week to share some tasteful dinner party songs.
The World’s Most Generous Nation Revealed
Lizzie O'Leary of economics show Marketplace gives us a little lesson on international economics. Specifically, which countries are handing out the most cash.
Carl Hiaasen and the Vile Pizza Plot
Author and journalist Carl Hiaasen has a hard time coming up with fiction that is more bizarre than the real-life headlines of his native Florida. He offers some slightly-bizarre advice to our own listeners' real-life questions.
Diane Coffee Pours Breakfast (Lunch and Dinner) Music
Shaun Fleming's Foxygen side-project Diane Coffee has just released a debut album. He and bandmate Steve Okonski travel the musical world to offer a soundtrack for parties - or doing taxes.