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When did I lose the spring in my step, the ability to sleep through the night and wake up refreshed? When did I start to shuffle, to lean forward, clutching the handles of a walker, unable to turn my head to see what’s going on behind me? (BigStock)
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Old age can be harmful to your health

Mother Nature loves to give and gives generously. Anything that she's given, though, she’ll manage to get back later.

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The psychology of clutter and learning to control it

Guests: Julie Morgenstern, Randy Frost, Darla DeMorrow Most of our homes look nothing like the beautiful, sterile interiors featur ...

Air Date: January 14, 2019 10:00 am

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The only resolution worth keeping this new year

All the airbags deployed. Every single one of them.

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Is YouTube radicalizing its users?

Guests: Zeynep Tufekci, Becca Lewis YouTube is a great resource for tutorials for learning new skills, the latest ...

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Is YouTube radicalizing its users?

Guests: Jamil Smith, Zeynep Tufekci, Becca Lewis YouTube is a great resource for tutorials for learning new skill ...

Air Date: January 9, 2019 10:00 am

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In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 file photo, the icons of streaming services Netflix and AmazonPrime Video are pictured on an iPhone in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Streaming your favorite movies and TV shows is about to get way more expensive. Amazon Prime customers can add-on subscriptions to HBO, Showtime or Starz. (Martin Meissner/AP Photo, File)
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Netflix and chill no more — streaming is getting complicated

Streaming TV may never again be as simple, or as affordable, as it is now.

7 years ago

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Enduring lessons from Arden’s ‘Charlotte’s Web’

After I read E. B. White’s children’s classic Charlotte’s Web when I was in third grade, I adamantly decided that I would be a vegetarian.

7 years ago

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Textiquette and sharenting

Guests: Naomi Baron, Stacey Steinberg Hey! So… When someone texts you a lot of question marks, how does it make ...

Air Date: January 1, 2019 10:00 am

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Tourism group gives funds to reopen Liberty Bell for 3 days

Tourists in Philadelphia for the holidays will be able to see the Liberty Bell this weekend despite a partial federal government shutdown.

7 years ago

In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, photo, Psychologist Hilarie Cash walks on a forest path at a rehab center for adolescents in a rural area outside Redmond, Wash. The complex is part of reSTART Life, a residential program for adolescents and adults who have serious issues with excessive tech use, including video games. Disconnecting from tech and getting outside is part of the rehabilitation process. The organization, which began about a decade ago, also is adding outpatient services due to high demand. Cash is chief clinical officer and a co-founder at reSTART. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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‘Tech addicts’ seek solace in 12 steps and rehab

We like to say we're addicted to our phones or an app or some show on a streaming video service. But for some people, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care.

7 years ago

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How we’re cheapening the value of words in the age of exaggeration 

Look for a raft of fresh metaphors when the new Congress is seated in January.

7 years ago

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Santa tracker unaffected by government shutdown, NORAD says

More than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa Claus and answering children's calls.

7 years ago

Michael Durand (left), husband of Kitchn Editor-In-Chief Faith Durand, and friend Chris Gardner (right) carve turkey while guests hang out in the Durands' kitchen at a recent party, dirty dishes and all. (Kitchn/Rachel Joy Barehl)
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Why modern-day guests always gather in the kitchen

Over the last 100 years, this tiny kitchen expanded, to make room for other household members. And become more of a living space.

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Mrs. Claus poses in 2012 in New York City. Five years ago,
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Mrs. Claus is coming to town — and not as Santa's sidekick

America's Santa industry has long been a male-dominated one. An estimated 5,000 professional performers break out their Santa caps each winter.

7 years ago

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Five ways families can make a difference during the holidays

December is a month of giving…but many of us parents struggle with the consumerist expectations that surround the holiday season.

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