Holiday Cooking Without Fear (2016)
Author Julia Turshen gives her tips and tricks on how to make preparing those holiday dinners a little less daunting.
Holidays and Traditions Sub-categories:
- Christmas (7)
- Halloween (12)
- Thanksgiving (4)
Teaching Kids to Give Back (2016)
We talk to a mom and an author who together have created a children’s book and game designed to make giving back to others a fun pursuit.
Advice for success in making resolutions
How are bad habits created and why? A behavioral specialist explains and gives us ways to help give resolutions some staying power.
Keeping Those Resolutions: The Key is Low and Slow
About this time of year, New Year’s resolutions begin to wane -- and most die. How do you keep them going? And how can you make better ones that you’re more likely to keep in the future? Our guests give advice on crafting a goal and setting up a process that will help you attain it.
Celebrating New Year’s — At Home
Not everyone likes to go out and celebrate the New Year with the hoards in the bars and streets. Our guests have ideas on how you can have just as much fun toasting in 2016 at home. We’ll hear how you can pair your favorite movies with some creative cocktails; learn about and try some new craft beers and food to go along with them, and how to create a cheese …
A Pearl Harbor Christmas
Seventy-four years ago this month, the U.S. was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor, drawing the country into World War II. We talk to an author and historian about how FDR, Churchill, MacArthur and others planned for the war during those few weeks before the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Buying Ethically and Sustainably for the Holidays
It’s almost time to head to the mall and check out the holiday decorations and pick up some presents for friends and family. A lot of people will be buying clothing, shoes, accessories and making sweets as gifts, thinking only about the cost and if the recipient will like it. Our guests say that you should also consider where the gift comes from, what it’s …
Scary Critters
Two of the scariest symbols of Halloween are spiders and bats. They have bad reputations for not just being creepy, but dangerous. We get the straight scoop in these creepy critters from two experts in the fields of entomology and bats, and hear how both of these creatures are not as scary as we think, but very beneficial members of the insect and animals …
Halloween Traditions, Costumes and Why We Love to be Scared (2015)
It’s the time of year when all the ghosts and goblins, witches and monsters, superheroes and villains don their Halloween best and head off to trick-or-treat, party or walk through a haunted house. Why do we dress up for the holiday? What do our costumes say about us? Why do we love to be frightened on this night in the year? We talk to a psychologist and a …
How Are Those Resolutions Going? Making New Year’s resolutions stick
Many of us make resolutions on New Year’s Day to lose weight, exercise more or maybe save more money. How are those going a month later? Most Americans don’t keep resolutions after a few weeks. Why is that? We’ll discuss strategies for planning and fulfilling that big change in your life.
