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, Casper, with the splendid table.

Today it's an all-American Thanksgiving from the man of the golden palette.

Our food find expert, David Rosengarten, has left behind the truffles and caviar.

We are feasting from his new book. It's all-American food, the food we really eat. Well, the Stearns are in America's capital with the

locals and politicos at the Florida Avenue Grill. Food forager Ari Weinschweig says there is

life beyond balsamic. Men's journal columnist John Hodgman tells us what every civilized carnivore should know,

and then it's a story of a family in Bombay, a father's love in a cup of steamed milk.

All this and your calls coming up on the splendid table.

But first this. I don't want French fried potatoes, red ripe tomatoes.

I'm never satisfied.

I want the frim, fram sauce with the alce and fade fade with chafafas on the side

I don't want pork chops

and bacon that won't awaken

my appetite inside

I want the frim frimp

sauce with the ass and fay

with chavoff offer on the side.

Well, you know a girl she really got to eat, and a girl she should eat right.

Five will get you ten.

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