NPR Fresh Air: Archive

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Dec 30th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Fresh Air Offices, 11:26 AM

Coworker 1: What are you doing?

Coworker 2: I'm looking at this video of a honey badger.

Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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“At least on the Web, you can amend. The ethic of the Web is to say what you know...”

– David Carr: A Media Omnivore Discusses His Diet : NPR (via thisistheverge)

Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Anonymous asked: Do people make frequent dumb WHYY jokes?

Dec 29th

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new years resolutions: reading/watching/listening...

My resolution is to read every night for 30 minutes before I go to bed from an actual book and not a screen because I stare at a screen most of my work day. What’s yours?

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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Fresh Air Offices, 10:05 AM

Coworker: Hey Mel, you know that song All I Want For Christmas Is You?
Mel: From Love Actually?
Coworker: Yeah, I think it's destined to become a Christmas classic.
Mel: Mmm.
Coworker: Do you want me to play it for you?
Mel: Um, I'm knee-deep in an interview about black holes right now.
Coworker: So I'm guessing that would be a no.

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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“If they don’t engage, I just tell them, ‘Well, you better put the...”

– David Carr on how he tells sources that he’s writing a serious piece

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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Anonymous asked: Any advice for Kroc fellowship applicants?

Dec 28th

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Anonymous asked: i love you.

Dec 27th

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Anonymous asked: does npr play classical music? if so, what is the schedule? i'd love to listen to it while driving :)

Dec 27th

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mixtapedonthate asked: Do you accept college interns?

Dec 27th

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Anonymous asked: A comment more than a question: Please don't listen (too much) to people who complain about Fresh Air "dumbing down" with interview subjects like Louis CK, Kevin Clash, Muppet guys, Tina Fey, etc. They are far and away my favorite. Even though I know I should, I can't listen to the serious stuff--Iraq, Wall Street, etc. Keep the mix alive! Thanks from devoted listener.

Dec 27th

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peterwknox asked: Would you consider labeling podcasts by the guest/topic rather than date? I'm primarily a podcast listener and would download with more regularity if I knew upfront what each covered. Just a thought.

Dec 27th

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Anonymous asked: May I please have your job?

Dec 27th

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dalekusa asked: How do guests get selected to appear on Fresh Air? Is there an appearance fee paid by the interviewee?

Dec 27th

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Anonymous asked: How do you choose your guests? And how can we make suggestions for guests?

Dec 27th

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Anonymous asked: How do you schedule guests? It seems like when a major news event happens, you have a show that week related to it. Does that mean someone previously scheduled gets bumped?

Dec 27th

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Anonymous asked: Could you talk a little bit about the taping of the show itself? Do the guests come in person or are they on the phone? How long is the interview before it gets edited down for radio? How long is the staff preparing questions in advance of each interview. Is there a magic number of questions Terry has written down in advance or is the interview more freeform?

Dec 27th

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moderation asked: how does Local NPR stations decide on what programing to air? is there any required NPR programing on all stations?

Dec 27th

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any questions?

Little bit slow here this week, so I thought I’d open up the ask box to questions. Anything on your mind about the show?

Dec 27th

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“My persistent concern is that I’ll become so busy producing media that I won’t...”

– David Carr (via aakruse) Tomorrow: David Carr

Dec 27th

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milestone

The Fresh Air Tumblr now has more followers than the Fresh Air Facebook page, and is slowly inching towards the Twitter Feed. It will probably surpass the Twitter feed in a month or two, I’m guessing. I don’t know if this means anything, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Dec 27th

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