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Journalist Carl Honoré believes our society's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life.

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120220.mp3 Made in America, Again Insourcing. It's a buzzword right now, with President Obama's push to bring American jobs back…

The company offered 30 years' worth of pizza to anybody at Tuesday night's presidential town hall meeting who asks the candidates, "Sausage or pepperoni?" Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert asked, "What could be more American than using our electoral process for product placement?"

Astronauts just throw out dirty clothes. NASA and Procter & Gamble are creating experimental cleaning products for astronauts to try. The first shipment of detergent will be sent in December.

Heinz Ketchup Canada has started a petition urging big bun and big hotdog to get on the same page, and sell their products in packs of 10.

2: Rock musician and producer NICK LOWE. Lowe was a main figure of the British pub-rock scene in the early 70s, then in the late 70s Lowe joined forces with Dave Edmunds to form the band "Rockpile." At the same time, Lowe was producing albums for artists such as Elvis Costello and Graham Parker. Lowe went solo in '78, and had hits with "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass," and "Cruel to be Kind." His production credits during that period included The Pretenders, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Hiatt. (Originally broadcast 3

2: Television executive and first time novelist, EUGENE STEIN. STEIN's novel is "Straightjacket & Tie" (Ticknor & Fields) a coming of age story about a teenager beginning to understand his sexuality and his newly schizophrenic older brother. He is helped along by a family of wisecracking space aliens visible only to a small segment of the population, including "Jewish lefties with a family history of mental illness". STEIN is a Vice President for Comedy at ABC Productions, and a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.

2: Actor and director GARY SINISE (suh-NEESE). He was a founding member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company and is best known for his starring role in the Tony-award winning production of "The Grapes of Wrath." Sinise's latest project is as producer, director, and star of the new film "Of Mice and Men," which also stars John Malkovich. The screenplay, written by Horton Foote, is based on the John Steinbeck novel.REBROADCAST. Originally aired 9/24/92.

2: Actor MORGAN FREEMAN. He's one of stage and screen's most acclaimed actors, for his ability to emerse himself in different roles. He's originated the role of the chauffeur in the Broadway production of "Driving Miss Daisy." Later he revived the role in the movie version, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. FREEMAN's other movies include, "Glory," "Clean and Sober," "Lean on Me," and "The Bonfire of the Vanities." FREEMAN made his directing debut with the film, "Bopha," based on a South African play.Now he's starring in the new film, "The Shawshank Redemption." (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 9

2: Writer/Director KAYO HATTA. Hatta's film "Picture Bride," is the story of a young woman who moves to Hawaii as a "picture bride." Picture brides were Japanese women who moved to Hawaii in order to marry the Japanese plantation workers who settled there. The women would only have seen a picture of their future husband before they were married. The film is HATTA'S first commercial release and the first Hawaiian production to gain a commercial release. "Picture Bride," won the 1995 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for best dramatic film.

Broadway Composer CHARLES STROUSE. His hits include, "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause," and "Annie." He's also written the film scores for "Bonnie and Clyde," and "The Night They Raided Minskys," and others. STROUSE newest production is the sequel to "Annie," -- "Annie Warbucks." It's his second stab at an "Annie" sequel, and it comes after a string of flops. When asked if he'd ever just wanted to quit he said, "Never. . . The one thing that all the music teachers I had instilled in me was a desire to connect notes. . . I love composing for the theater.

It's got the hallmarks of Soccer Mommy's catchy pop leanings – melodramatic yearning, a chorus with big '90s indie-rock energy – but the track also digs into her penchant for eerie production...

A new magazine arrives on-line today, after a few false starts. Failure magazine is, as its title implies, about failure: battles lost, sports blunders, products that didn't catch on. The fact that someone would even come up with an idea for such a magazine suggests that, in an age when dot-coms come and go like buses, the very notion of failure may not have the stigma it once did when Willie Loman first walked the boards. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports. (7:30) For more information, visit http://failuremag.com

The International Olympic Committee's medical commission today approved a combined blood and urine test to detect the banned performance-enhancing drug EPO. The decision must be approved by the IOC's executive board meeting later this month, but experts said it is very likely the new test will be used during the Sydney games in September. Finding a reliable test for EPO, which up to now has been virtually undetectable, has been a priority for the Olympic movement. EPO stimulates the production of oxygen-rich blood cells and is popular with endurance athletes. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Guest film critic Henry Sheehan reviews Nurse Betty. Actor Morgan Freeman. He's currently starring in the new film Nurse Betty. He's one of stage and screen's most acclaimed actors, for his ability to emerse himself in different roles. He's originated the role of the chauffeur in the Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy. Later he revived the role in the movie version, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Freeman's other movies include, Glory, Clean and Sober, Lean on Me, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and The Shawshank Redemption. Freeman made his directing debut with the film, Bopha, based on a South African play. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 9

The book of Deuteronomy mentions seven holy foods that Tom Ciola thought might make a good snack bar. He tried it, and with a couple additional ingredients, made it work. Now Ciola's "Bible Bar" has become a hit at Christian bookstores, and his company, House of David, is distributing a number of religious health foods, including Bible Granola and a "Back to the Garden" meal replacement. Lynn Neary talks with Tom Ciola about the products. Ciola has also published a guide called "Moses Wasn't Fat."

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two new TV series: ABC''s "The Byrds of Paradise" and CBS''s "The Road Home." He says both are products of this year''s trend--Family Values on TV.

Robert talks with John MacMillan, an analyst who's been following the Archer Daniels Midland Corporation for Prudential-Bache Securities, about the suit that was brought against the food conglomerate. ADM pled guilty to price fixing in the market for lysine and citric acid, two corn-based products. MacMillan says that the fallout from the case may continue, especially since a parallel case involving the price of corn-based sweeteners was dropped.

NPR's David Welna reports on Cuba's effort to increase food production by breaking its huge Soviet-style farm collectives into smaller farmer-run cooperatives. So far the project has had only limited success, largely because the co-ops are required to sell eighty percent of what they grow to the government, at artificially low official prices. In addition, the state controls what the co-ops produce. Critics say Fidel Castro doesn't want the co-ops to do too well because economic success would make them less dependent on the government.

He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his performances in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty. His other films include L.A. Confidential, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Negotiator, and The Shipping News. On television he was a regular in the series The Wiseguy. In 1997 Spacey formed Trigger Street Productions which has produced plays on Broadway, as well as films. Recently Spacey launched TriggerStreet.com, an interactive Web site dedicated to nurturing and development of undiscovered talent. Spacey's new film is The Life of David Gale. [Spacey declined to give permission for this Web site to offer audio of his interview, or sell tapes or transcripts of it.]