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.

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

Hi, it's Lynne Rosetta, 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. Occasionally, you can point to one person

and say they took a great risk. They were laughed at, and yet because of

them, today there is excellence for many. Winemaker David Lett is one of those people. He's the

father of Oregon's great Pino-No-Noir wines. He invited us into his home, and you're going to hear his story soon.

Tea man Bill Waddington invites us to taste the discoveries from his latest trip across the Pacific,

teas that have never before been seen in America. Then it's a taste of Japan in New York.

We get the insider's finds of Japanese Japan in New York. We get the insiders' finds of Japanese

Izakayas. Now, these are the traditional bars where you eat special snacks and sip sake.

Now, you have to know where they are, since many have no signs. And as always, in the second

half of the show, we're going to be opening the lines for your calls. You can reach us at 800, 537-52-52.

But let's get started with Jane and Michael Stern.

Now, they write the Road Food column in Gourmet Magazine.

Hey, guys, what's the latest discovery?

The latest discovery is that New England isn't the home of all the great ice cream in America.

And we know this because we have been eating ice cream in Berkeley, California,

at a little place called EC, ICI, meaning here, and also maybe

meaning icy, because it is ice cream. And this is a place where they make ice cream that is,

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