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In Part Two of "The Story of Stuff" we find out how the system of buying goods actually works and why it has developed the way it has. Why do we always feel like we need more stuff? Why don't things last like they did fifty years ago? Why are we all working so much more than we used to? And how does this all relate to the countries that manufacture our products? 99% of all our stuff is t...More

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In Part Two of "The Story of Stuff" we find out how the system of buying goods actually works and why it has developed the way it has. Why do we always feel like we need more stuff? Why don't things last like they did fifty years ago? Why are we all working so much more than we used to? And how does this all relate to the countries that manufacture our products? 99% of all our stuff is t...More

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The third and final dose of Picante! follows the humble chile pepper on its evolutionary journey from commonly used kitchen spice to dangerous street weapon. The active compound of the pepper, capsaicin, may be naturally occurring, but this doesn't mean it can't cause serious harm. Graphic footage from the "Battle of Seattle" (the World Trade Organization protests of November 30th, 199...More

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No doubt the power of peppers is in the heat, but where does this heat really come from? Hint: it can't be measured by a thermometer. What causes chiles to "burn" when we eat them? Is this dangerous? And most importantly, why do we keep coming back for more? There is an old saying . . . "once burned, twice shy" but with the chile pepper, this doesn't seem to apply. Some humans...More

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"I'm asked all the time, 'Are chile-peppers a fad?' Well, if they are a fad, they've been a fad for ten-thousand years - which is about how long human beings have been eating them." (David Dewitt) Legend has it that the chile originally came from the anatomical unmentionables of the 'First Man' - who appeared at a festival sometime long ago in our mythical past. Understandably, many of t...More

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