May 2012
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Anonymous asked: Please provide the names of the pieces played by Jeremy Denk. I'd like to get them. Thanks, Paul
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“I would probably have to say that reading fiction — those stories fill the space...”
– Tom Perrotta on fiction vs. religion
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It's Friday! What was the best thing to happen to...
It’s Friday! Time for my favorite question! What was the best thing to happen to you all week?
I’ll start: Yesterday was the four year anniversary of my car accident. I celebrate each year like it’s my second birthday — with good music, good food, good friends. PSA: WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS THIS WEEKEND AND ALWAYS, PLEASE. It saved my life four years ago.
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What are you reading this Memorial Day weekend?
Anyone need some fresh suggestions? Let’s make a list.
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“A lot of young people often describe and evolve their identities online,...”
– And Tumblr? [full interview here]
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“It’s hard to not respond with texting because you’re not exactly...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, James Steyer explains how texting and the Internet are changing the way we interact.
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“Young people in particular often self-reveal before they self-reflect. There is...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, how the digital age is changing kids, teens and parents.
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“All Sith Considered.”
– #NPRStarWars.
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“How to interpret eight fortes? I think maybe I should hurl my whole body at the...”
– Jeremy Denk, on Ligeti’s instructions to play eight fortes in Automne a Varsovie.
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“Women who wear high heels all the time and then walk without them walk...”
– Heels shorten the Achilles tendon and change how your foot orients itself to the ground. That spells trouble once the heels come off, says Gretchen Reynolds.
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“A lot of people are trying barefoot running without preparation and without the...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, Gretchen Reynolds details what she did wrong when she tried barefoot running — and how to prevent your own running injuries.
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Walking for 30 minutes 4-5 times per week can... →
nprfunfacts:
Tripling that — running for 90 minutes, 4-5 times per week — improves that number by only 4 percent.
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Running Barefoot. Do you do it?
Today’s show talks about running barefoot. I’ve never done this (though I do run distances.) Have you? Worth it?
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“[My father] got in, ashen-faced, and quietly said, ‘Everyone stay in the...”
– David Alan Grier, on what his father taught him about being African-American in the U.S.
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“When I did interviews or whatever, people - guys would be so nervous. Like they...”
– Donna Summer on her image as a disco sex goddess. [Full interview here]
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“There was a time, you know, I got so used to the police turning up. You know,...”
– Sacha Baron Cohen on his run-ins with the law while making his movies.
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Sacha Baron Cohen: The Fresh Air Interview
The Invisible Made Visible →
Radio version of the This American Life live show, up for your listening pleasure. (Fresh Air Tumblr is on loan to @ThisAmerLife)
Pics from This American Life live show! →
(In case you didn’t know, @ThisAmerLife is looking after this Tumblr for a few days, and therefore spamming you with all sorts of TAL nonsense…)
“There are some questions in life, the very speaking of which are their own...”
– David Rakoff in this weekend’s episode of This American Life, The Invisible Made Visible
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“We used to think that breast milk was just a food and that it was filled with...”
– Florence Williams on the benefits of breast milk
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“One-third of American girls start developing breasts by their 9th birthday. And...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, science writer Florence Williams explains why breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier, why tumors seem to gravitate towards the breast and how toxins from the environment may be affecting hormones and breast development.
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“Trace amounts of pesticides, dioxin and a jet fuel ingredient – as well as...”
– When science journalist Florence Williams was nursing her second child, she read a research study about toxins found in human breast milk. She decided to test her own breast milk and shipped a sample to a lab in Germany.
What came back surprised her.
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