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 Lynn Rosetta Caspers with the Splendid Table.

Thank you. It's Lynn Rosetta Caspers with the splendid table. Today, it's stand up when you answer the phone and lose 40 pounds.

Well, okay, it's a little oversimplification, but it's the basic idea based on Mayo Clinic's 15 years of research done by

Dr. James Levine. He says we're moving animals, not sitting ones, and his book is Move a

little, lose a lot. The Stearns have found cows so happy that their ice cream is fabulous.

It's Delaware's Woodside Farm. Forget the pricey ice cream maker. We've got very classy

popsicles you can do from practically nothing. Food and Wines, Ray Isle talks the breakout chardonnays,

and poet Thomas Sayers Ellis writes a poem for us. All this and your calls coming up on the Splendid Table.

This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. Hi, it's Lynne Rossetto,

Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat.

Our program is produced by American Public Media.

Well, today it's move a little, lose a lot.

New neat science reveals how to be thinner, happier, and smarter.

Well, that's the book by our guest, Dr. James Levine.

And frankly, it's the kind of book I usually ignore as hype.

But this baby has 15 years of research at the Mayo Clinic behind it, and Dr. Levine,

one of those people who could possibly change the world.

In the no-time, no-spare dollars department, we've got a great fast treat.

Homemade, adult-approved popsicles. No special

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