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November 16, 2012 On this week's round-table podcast, we talk about Thanksgiving and the culture thereof, we get into the nuts and bolts of the advice column, and we name some of the things that are making us happy this week.

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November 16, 2012 Will Sloan talks to Monty Python veteran Eric Idle about his long career and his new "pseudo-radio play," which features actors like Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, and Tracey Ullman.

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November 15, 2012 In the ultimate exercise in collective filmmaking, a new documentary will explore the relationship between Bruce Springsteen and his fans.

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November 15, 2012 All prices change. So why did the price of a Coke stay the same for decades? The answer includes a 7.5-cent coin and a company president who wanted to get a couple of lawyers out of his office.

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November 14, 2012 We turn our attention to a poll about one of the great pop culture questions.

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November 13, 2012 We open up a question that has stumped us for ages: cats or dogs?

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November 9, 2012 On this week's show, we talk about Cloud Atlas, Wreck-It Ralph, and children in fiction who are separated from their parents. And as always, we cover and share what's making us happy this week.

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November 9, 2012 Yes, the gingerbread house is still here, and so are magic winter strawberries. But this is a world where young women and small children are delicacies, too. They're fattened for roasting, sliced up for serving, and cut up into stew.

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November 5, 2012 The folks who went to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Washington, D.C., this weekend found out that a little sugar, a chance to meet wax figures of presidents, and voting in life-like voting booths may help kids begin to develop a passion to participate in elections.

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November 5, 2012 The latest installment of Assassin's Creed, one of the world's most popular video games, has a hero who is part Mohawk. The game's creator says reflecting real 18th century Mohawk life was critical and hired a consultant to make sure the game was culturally consistent with Mohawk culture.

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November 1, 2012 The ancient Latin American holiday welcomes ancestors back to the earth for one day each year. Each element on the altar symbolizes a connection between the world of the living and the dead, so naturally, food and drink play a big part. Here we've deconstructed the altar and its meaning.

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