Disconnecting from Tech, MOVE Bombing 36th Anniversary, Museum Bone Collection, Chef Gregory Gourdet, Jia Tolentino - a podcast by WNYC

The average person spends 1,400 hours per year on their phone. For tips on how to do a digital detox and cut down on phone use this summer, we'll speak with James Beard Award-winner Paul Greenberg about his book, Goodbye Phone, Hello World: 65 Ways to Disconnect from Tech and Reconnect to Joy. We'll also take listeners’ calls.

On May 13, 1985, the city of Philadelphia dropped a satchel bomb in a mostly Black neighborhood, during an armed standoff between police and members of the MOVE organization. The event, now known as the MOVE bombing, caused a fire that burned 61 homes and killed eleven people, including five children. Last fall, after 35 years, the city of Philadelphia apologized and officially declared May 13 as a day of "observation, reflection and recommitment." Gene Demby, Philadelphian and co-host of NPR’s Code Switch, joins us to reflect on the bombing’s anniversary and how it has been remembered (and forgotten) over the last three decades.

Today, May 13, marks the 36th anniversary of the MOVE bombing, when the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a predominantly Black neighborhood, causing a fire that burned 61 homes and killed eleven people, including five children. Last month, it was revealed that bones likely belonging to one of the young victims had been kept by anthropologists at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, and featured in an online college course. Elaine Ayers, professor in the program of museum studies at New York University, joins us to discuss the disclosure and the controversial history of museums’ use of human remains. She is the author of the recent Slate article, “The Grim Open Secret of College Bone Collections.”

Chef Gregory Gourdet joins us to discuss his highly anticipated first cookbook, Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health, which focuses on healthy recipes inspired by his Haitian-American upbringing in NYC and his French culinary training.

[REBROADCAST FROM AUGUST 5, 2019] Author and New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino joins us to discuss her book of essays, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion.

WNYC arts and culture editor Jennifer Vanasco gives suggestions for what to do this weekend, while safely social distancing.

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