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Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Addiction & Withdrawal
'Omnivore's Dilemma' author Michael Pollan talks about his new audiobook, 'Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Created the Modern World.' He describes caffeine as the world's most widely-used psychoactive drug. "Here's a drug we use every day. ... We never think about it as a drug or an addiction, but that's exactly what it is," Pollan says. "I thought, why not explore that relationship?"
Also, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new album from guitarist Jeff Parker.