October 2011
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“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
– Tom Waits (I did not post this because my name happens to be Melody and audio is now available for our Tom Waits interview.)
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Anonymous asked: I just listened to the program featuring Collin Lynch in which you discussed the projected world population growth. I am confused and horrified that there was NO discussion of the place of women and reproductive rights in this piece. How could you miss (or erase?) that really key aspect of this topic?
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“She’s Amelia Earhart and Jane Goodall and Joan Jett all rolled into one....”
– Tom Waits on his wife and songwriting partner, Kathleen Brennan.
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“You play for an hour and he would yell across the room, ‘Scribe!’...”
– Tom Waits on collaborating with Keith Richards on his latest album. [related: Keith Richards on Fresh Air]
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WatchThe United Nations says today symbolically marks the moment when the world’s population reaches 7 billion. A little more than two centuries ago, the global population was 1 billion. How did it grow so big so fast?
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Don't hate.
somethingoutofamovie:
I follow all 3 NPR blogs. I know you’re jellin.
(Guys really don’t hate they are super interesting, and you should listen to them on the radio too!!!)
Also, my favorite npr show comes on in an hour :D
cosign. don’t hate.
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Larry David on Fresh Air. (He’s mentioned...
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“Novelists think a lot about God … [because] we create whole worlds and we...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, writer Scott Spencer talks about religion, chaos, prison writing, violence and defending others.
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good day at work
1. halloween-themed donuts courtesy of david bianculli
2. listening to tom waits so i can write about tom waits
3. we’re currently discussing the pros/cons of love, actually
bapeonion asked: Somehow the stars must have aligned yesterday: I was thinking about my own news media "diet" all afternoon, unaware of Terry's delightful interview with David Carr until I caught it on Tumblr. Thank you Terry and your production staff for the great piece, and thank you Fresh Air Tumblr for echoing it on my favorite media dieting service.
Anonymous asked: Hey guys--noticed on the Deer Tick Review Chris Ryan is credited for "Clowning Around" when it should be Dennis Ryan. Love the tumblr.
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“We are entering a golden age of journalism. I do think there has been horrible...”
– David Carr reflects on the future of journalism.
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“I spent four days [in June] trying to get comments on Gannett [executive]...”
– David Carr talks to Terry Gross about his piece “Why Not Occupy Newsrooms.”
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“Am I going to give up following the NFL? Am I going to give up listening to...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, journalist David Carr talks about how social media has changed his productivity.
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Fresh Air Offices, 10:40AM
Coworker: Mel, what do you think about what David Carr said about media consumption?
Mel: I think I find it much easier to walk away from social media. At home, it's off.
Coworker 2: Yeah, Mel's only addicted to polar fleeces.
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update from Tumblr on spammers
Thanks to Thomas from Tumblr customer service for this prompt reply:
Thomas, Oct-27 08:20 (EDT):
Hello, Melody. Please know that we’re aware of a recent increase in blogs with odd URLs that are following large numbers of users. We’re doing everything we can to quickly suspend these blogs and to keep more of them from being created.
As Tumblr finds and suspends these blogs, you...
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“More than half of all employed people worldwide work off the books. And that...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, Investigative journalist Robert Neuwirth examines how the underground economy works.
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holy moly spammers
Dear Tumblr, You can probably go through the last 3,000 or so likes on this Ira Glass post and delete every account without a picture. Look at all of those spammers! In one place! Go for it! Delete, delete, delete! -Mel
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webbys!
With the blessing of my bosses in DC/Philly, I just submitted the Fresh Air Tumblr for a Webby Award! No idea whether it will make it to the next phase, but it’s very awesome that a little side project started 14 months ago has grown into something so incredibly neat. Thanks everyone!
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“The debate about the Mexican drug war has to be linked to the debate on the...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, journalist Ioan Grillo traces how Mexico came to dominate drug trafficking, how it spread throughout the country and how the drug cartels have radically transformed the area along the U.S.-Mexican border.
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“If you legalize marijuana, for example, would it affect drug cartels? It...”
– Since 2006, 40,000 people have been murdered in Mexico as drug cartels battle each other and the Mexican military. Journalist Ioan Grillo traces how Mexico came to control drug trafficking in El Narco.
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“And then he said, ‘I have Libya’s best composer — most famous composer — write...”
– Condoleezza Rice on her “eerie” 2008 meeting with Moammar Gaddafi. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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standingpolicy asked: Hello lovely Fresh Air tumblfolk, I was just listening to the Issacson interview and Terry mentioned a 1996 Jobs interview that I can't find on the site, could you every so sweetly point me to it, please? Thank you. Damnit, sometimes trying to be polite on the internet just makes you sound super sarcastic, but really, you guys do an awesome job.
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Anonymous asked: What was your costume?
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Fresh Air Offices 1:34PM
SAD EMAIL OF THE DAY: Halloween has been CANCELLED! well at least in the Fresh Air offices! Our Oct 28th party is a no go for a variety of reasons..
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