Episode 165: Infidelity and the French Man, Israel's Issues as Harper Visits, Texas Death Row Lawyer and more
M. Hollande and Other Indescrétions
"We have a tradition of amorous exploits of powerful men. And a lot of powerful men, especially politicians, have a lot of mistresses ... Everyone finds that it is for them, proof of power, proof of strength."
-Sylvie Brunel wrote Guerilla Handbook for Women exposing her husband's infidelity
"There's a parallel story in France, which is: It's possible to love more than one person. So if your husband is unfaithful, you don't have to think that he doesn't love you anymore."
-Pamela Druckerman, author of the best seller Bringing up Bebe and Lust in Translation: Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
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On Israel's Agenda
"It's gotten to the point where in the last couple of years, maybe a dozen people have attempted to light themselves on fire in protest. And three people have actually succeeded in burning themselves alive."
-Journalist David Sheen, on Israel's surprising poverty
China's Industrial Scale Pig Cloning
"It was like something out of science fiction... Bigger and weirder than we expected."
-David Shukman, BBC Science Editor
Death Row: Texas
"It's a surreal experience, to leave the room after witnessing an execution... I've just watched somebody die, whose life I've tried very hard to save and obviously failed. And you walk out of the prison and life is going on normally... there's not any semblance at all that a human life has just been taken by the state of Texas."
- David Dow, Texas death row attorney, author of Things I've Learned From Dying
Smart Appliances, Snarky Texts
"What do you want from me?"
"The same thing I've always wanted, Dave. Closure."
"Closure? That word is meaningless when people say it. How do you need closure?"
"When you left me by the side of the road, you left my door open."
-Aaron Hagey-Mackay and Courtney Walker imagine a world of passionate appliances
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