Restaurants and food companies can change the way you think their food tastes, and it has nothing to do with the recipe.

Humorist and language fussbudget Jenny Allen wants to squash these overused words and phrases.

Brian Merchant has the backstory on the iPhone's creation in his new book, "The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone"

That book, that link, that recommendation you heard while walking the dog or riding the bike.

Co-founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf wants you to see 'the complex, gorgeous realities of the continent' in African books.

Going into the Panic of 1837 the market was booming and credit was flowing from banks. Sound familiar?

Kai and Molly discuss the jobs report, whether the CIA can really hack your phone and our growing list of books to read.

What we're reading right now: Poets and path dependence.