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August 14, 2013

    Eric Brende was midway through his PhD at MIT when he decided to live on an Amish farm. Host Steve Curwood talks with Brende about the challenges of going off the grid and living off the land, and about his new book, “Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology.”

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