HBO's The L Word made Daniela Sea a heatthrob, as well as a very public face for transgendered issues. On the show, she played a woman who transitioned to become a man. She spoke with MoJo's Jen Phillips about sexual

Thanksgiving marks the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. But the retail business has been anything but traditional in the last year. Retail experts say holiday shoppers will likely be pickier this year than in the past.

Democrat Bill Bradbury is running for Oregon governor, but you wouldn't know it if you looked up his campaign committee online. That's because he's listed there as a candidate for Secretary of State.

Advocates for victims of sexual abuse are praising a first-of-its-kind conviction in an Idaho prison rape case.

Do you ever wonder where flavors come from? Raffi Khatchadourian, staff writer at The New Yorker, explores the science and business of flavor-making in his piece in the November 23rd issue of The New Yorker.

What do kids need to know about food? Michael Pollan, food activist and author, explains the personal and global health implications of food choices to a younger audience in his new book,The Omnivore's Dilemma for Kids: The Secrets Behind What

The butcher is back. Tom Mylan, butcher and operator of the forthcoming butcher shop , and Marissa Guggiana, president of , an editor at , and author of the forthcoming book The Butcher Book, talk about the sudden interest in

Throwing a dinner party doesn't have to cause anxiety. Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill , two food bloggers who run a Queens dining club, "The Sunday Night Dinner", discuss their new book, Forking Fantastic!: Put the Party Back in Dinner

The first and only African-American quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Warren Moon, has written a new autobiography Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey. He talks about his life as a football star.

Tennis legend Monica Seles discusses life on and off the court, and her new book Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self.

Running is more popular than ever. Christopher McDougall, contributing editor for , and author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, talks about the science of "extreme" running and the

Can you run faster than your cat? Cameron Stracher, publisher of the New York Law School Law Review at work on a book about the 1970s and the running boom, talks about the differences between human and animal runners.

Ronald K. Chen, , discusses foreclosures, gay marriage and other issues important to the people of the state.

David Leonhardt, New York Times economics and staff writer for the magazine talks about the weatherization stimulus and other economic news.

Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of and research fellow at the Berkman Center, joins us weekly in November to talk about the global impact of social media. This week: a look at how Africa portrays itself on the website and the debate

As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, Andy Serwer, managing editor of Fortune, asks if they were the worst yet in "," this week's Time cover story.Clip from President Bush's last press conference on his

Monami Maulik, director of , Desis Rising up and Moving, talks about the group's latest effort, in conjunction with Ramzi Kassem, assistant professor of Law and director of the , to prevent "community profiling" by law enforcement agents.

Learn how to preserve someone's story with master-listener Dave Isay, the founder of StoryCorps, who offers how-to advice for observing the second annual on November 27th.What's the best first question to start a family conversation? Comment below.

Tom Moran, political columnist for the , talks about the newly elected New Jersey legislative leadership and the remaining lame duck session.

Two news stories today may mean that the internet is getting a little less open. Julia Angwin the Wall St. Journal today about how the number of volunteer editors on Wikipedia has dropped precipitously over the past year. Then, Jeff