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This Week on Metro Connection: Parenting

December 7, 2012
  
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We'll dive in to the life-altering, all-consuming world of parenting, as we consider how we conceive, engage with and educate our children in the nation's capital. We'll find out why a local couple useda surrogate mother thousands of miles away. We'll learn why a significant number of Washington women are choosing to parent without a partner. And we'll hear from a family that's spending the next year sailing around the world.


[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks / "Teach Your Children" by Pickin' On CSN&Y from Pickin' On CSN&Y]

Arts & Culture

NPR

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

Food

NPR

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

Politics

NPR

Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too

The IRS has admitted it flagged tax-exemption requests from groups with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names starting in 2010. But some liberal groups and journalism organizations say their applications also faced long delays during the same period.

Technology

NPR

Book News: Amazon May Be Called Before Parliament Over Taxes

Also: AARP and The Nation join a growing list of ebook publishers; Hilary Mantel on Jane Austen; Anne Applebaum on Sheryl Sandberg.

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