Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country.

We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.

Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.

It's the splendid table from APM American Public Media.

Thank you. table from APM American Public Media. I'm Lynne Rosetta, Casper.

Could we talk about real-world kitchens as in working with what we've got?

Because if you watch those home shows, it seems that you can't microwave up pizza unless

your kitchen's 20 by 20 with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.

Look, that's lovely, but shiny granite scratches and breaks things and needs resealing,

and stainless doesn't say stainless for very long, and who needs a cavernous

kitchen that's going to bankrupt you? Well, today we look at the genius of small, as in kitchens,

we talk with you, and we get into much more. That's this hour on The Splendid Table.

This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast.

This is the Splendid Table from APM American Public Media,

the show about life's appetites.

I'm Lynne Ros-Casper.

Well, today we're looking at things through the story of someone else.

For instance, when a journalist has been living a story since childhood and then digs into it as a professional, you get a kind of depth and understanding

that keeps you reading page to page.

Now, in this case, the child is Paul Greenberg.

He fished the ponds of his mother's rented cottages in Connecticut,

and as the fish ran out, he followed them to the river and then to the shore of the Atlantic,

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