Lovely Lawns, Problematic Palms, and Smithsonian Orphans

Affordable Care Act rulings and where that leaves Obamacare. The myth that we only use 10% of our brains. The drought and green lawns.  L.A.’s palm trees don’t really belong here?  And we look inside the Smithsonian’s orphan collections.

This morning’s ruling by a federal appeals court delivered a potentially crippling blow to the Affordable Care Act. Then another court ruled in a completely opposite direction in a similar case. We find out where that leaves Obamacare. Plus: Conventional wisdom says we only use 10% of our brains. That’s not true at all. Also, in light of the drought, we look at how Americans originally fell in love with the idea of green lawns. We also discuss L.A.’s palm trees, which -- despite their reputation -- don’t really belong here. And we look inside the Smithsonian’s orphan collections.

Banner Image: "StripedLawn" by Paul Frederickson

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Andrew Walsh, Christian Bordal, Matt Holzman, Jolie Myers, Anna Scott