February 2011
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From Our Friends at This American Life: This American Life Episode 427: Original Recipe
Ken Jennings on TOTN
Ken Jennings on TOTN
It’s Elementary my dear Ken Jennings, who describes what it was like to play against WATSON on Jeopardy. Enjoy!
“I can take out my iPhone and scan the tweets and see what’s happening half way around the world, and I can put myself in the shoes of someone who is trying to overthrow a repressive regime and I can suddenly have an empathy with that person that I would not otherwise necessarily have had … People all around the world are realizing that we’re not just necessarily citizens of a particular state or a particular country, but citizens of the world. And this is a growing feeling and I think that the Internet and social media tools are making the world a smaller place and allowing us to feel this empathy.”
—Twitter’s Biz Stone on the power of social media networks.
“Twitter is not for sale. We don’t have a shingle out on our front that says ‘Twitter. For Sale.’ We’re not for sale and we haven’t been. We’re very, very interested in building an independent company.”
—Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on the rumors of a Facebook or Google takeover.
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: Mr. Rogers on Fresh Air.
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PJ Harvey on NPR's Fresh Air
PJ Harvey on NPR's Fresh Air
Audio for Terry’s interview with PJ Harvey is now up. Enjoy!
2011 Bonnaroo Lineup →
npr.org
Eminem, Arcade Fire (WHO?) Robert Plant, Loretta Lynn and Big Boi are among the artists performing at this year’s Bonnaroo festival. Event organizers announced the full lineup today. It includes what will be Buffalo Springfield’s only festival performance of the year.
