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Jan 27th 6 Comments
Man oh man are the StoryCorps videos great. This is going to be the best/last year yet!   Read Story »
Aug 24th, 2011 4 Comments
Is there anything better than a new Story Corps video? I mean, BESIDES kids krumping? No. Watch Miss Devine here.   Read Story »
May 3rd, 2011 27 Comments
How are these StoryCorps videos not a TV show? This should be a TV show! At this point, reality TV programming is such a calcified thing with its own rules and structures (and copious amounts of free…   Read Story »
Apr 15th, 2011 17 Comments
Oh, by the way, Tina Fey was on Fresh Air with Terry Gross this week to talk about her new book and about how Japan can use high powered cement pumps to stave off any further disaster at the…   Read Story »
Mar 9th, 2011 92 Comments
Ron Schiller is/was the senior vice president for fundraising at NPR. (He is leaving very soon, and maybe now even sooner, for an arts funding job in Colorado, according to the NPR website.)…   Read Story »
Nov 5th, 2010 30 Comments
David Sedaris was the interview guest on last night's the Daily Show, which also included a new John Hodgman segment featuring a guest appearance by Ira Glass. This isn't everyone's thing, but to the…   Read Story »
Sep 30th, 2010 11 Comments
Enough! Let's turn those frowns upside down! Zach Galifianakis was on Fresh Air yesterday. Let's listen here. Better.   Read Story »
Aug 23rd, 2010 8 Comments
The NPR StoryCorps project has started creating animated videos to illustrate their pieces, and they're really good. No sarcasmo. They're great. Watch them.   Read Story »
Aug 13th, 2010 22 Comments
It's the closest we're ever going to get to the universally shared dream of an episode of the Leonard Lopate Show being hosted by an actual Christopher Walken impersonator. Second best thing!   Read Story »
Jul 16th, 2010 71 Comments
Fresh Air, your mom's favorite late night talk show (in bed by 4PM, no BUTS), has been censored in Mississippi. Because of an interview with Louis C.K. From Jewcy:
Terry Gross is a little too…   Read Story »


























