April 2011
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How Wall Street Made The Mortgage Crisis Worse →
chcameron:
The “sausage grinder” is probably the best and most understandable analogy for the financial crisis yet.
Monday: We’ll be talking about sausage, CDOs and mortgages with Jesse Eisenger and Jake Bernstein.
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Anonymous asked: what was the song at the 20 minute point of Terry Gross' interview of Diane Ravitch today?
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“And I said, R.J., which is my older son, get up, son. And right when I said get...”
– Reginald Eppes, a survivor of the deadly tornado that has already claimed nearly 300 lives, tells NPR how his oldest son was pulled from their home by the tornado. His son survived and found his way back home with minimal injuries. Read full segment (via centerforinvestigativereporting)
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“It’s not about giving up on public schools but it is about acknowledging...”
– Educational consultant Andrew Rotherham. [complete interview here]
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“I came to the conclusion … that No Child Left Behind has turned into a...”
– Diane Ravitch, the former assistant Secretary for Education, explains why she changed her mind on No Child Left Behind.
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Fresh Air: The Debate Over School Reform
On today’s Fresh Air, the debate over school reform and what strategies really work.
Guests: Diane Ravitch, former Assistant Secretary of Education. She had been an advocate of school vouchers, charter schools, testing and No Child Left Behind… and after seeing some of the results… changed her mind.
Also…we talk to education consultant and policy analyst Andrew Rotherham. He...
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fake--conversations asked: I love this blog! :)
Just wondering- is there a larger/higher quality version of that Ira prom pic from TAL?
Just wondering- is there a larger/higher quality version of that Ira prom pic from TAL?
thelongformfoundry asked: What's the research and preparing process like for a guest? I've read that Terry is a very thorough reader/viewer/etc. in anticipation of her guests, but how much of her prep is by her own hand and research, and how much is curated for her by the Fresh Air staff?
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“Of the 5,300 charter schools in the U.S., only one-fifth are in suburbs.”
– From NPR: Suburban Parents Blocked In Try For Charter Schools, 3/23/11.
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initialresponse asked: What's the difference between npr fresh air and npr?
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Tomorrow: The Debate About Charter Schools
Tomorrow: Diane Ravitch is a former assistant Secretary of Education who once supported No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools. She explains why she changed her mind.
And Andrew Rotherham, the co-founder of Bellwether Education, a non-profit organization working to improve educational outcomes for low-income students, explains why he supports charter schools.
Andrew’s...
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“Despite the funny phrasing, at the heart of the idea of leading from behind is...”
– Ryan Lizza on the phrase ‘leading from behind’ which has recently become a hot-button topic among political pundits after Lizza wrote in The New Yorker that an Obama advisor had used the term to describe Obama’s actions in Libya. [Lizza on Fresh Air today]
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“Although his novels aren’t as emotionally satisfying as those of his...”
– Critic John Powers pays tribute to the collected works of David Foster Wallace.
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Anonymous asked: If the NPR Fresh Air Tumblr staff were open to a date with me, you know... just hypothetically... heh... where might the staff want to go? :)
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what should we do to celebrate our 15,000th tumblr...
I feel like it should be something awesome and involving everybody and the radio and maybe body paint* and balloons and party games. Thoughts?
*maybe not body paint.
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U.S. Department of State: The Week in Review →
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About the Author: Sarah Goldfarb serves as Associate Editor to DipNote.
On April 17, Secretary Clinton returned from her visit to Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo. Assistant Secretary Gordon said the NATO Ministerial in Berlin was “an opportunity to consult with key allies and partners not…
Tomorrow: New Yorker writer Ryan Lizza analyzes Obama’s recent foreign policy...
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“You have to remember this: Bernie Madoff helped write the rule book. He knew...”
– New York Times senior financial writer Diana Henriques on Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
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“Today is World Intellectual Property Day. The theme this year is “Designing the...”
– Who Knew? From NPR’s Digital Daily News Budget.
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The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is A Fraud (2005 --... →
Harry Markopolos’ 2005 memo to the SEC detailing more than two dozen red flags about Bernie Madoff. Madoff was arrested in December 2008.
Casey tells FRONTLINE that Markpolos’s analogy was, “a baseball player would have to be hitting .925 straight for 10 years in a row. Would you bet on a player like that, that he wasn’t doing something illegal?”
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forwhenifeellikesharing asked: Has Fresh Air considered having more visual artists on as guests? I know it can be difficult area for radio interviews, I'd just love to hear Terry speak with more artists. (The Sarkin interview was great.) Plus, they've got you to post pictures!
alkirchoff asked: How grossed out were all of you while researching the 'wicked bugs' show? Or, was it more like a morbid fascination with the grotesqueness of it all? I am curious to know where that came up with because I am simultaneously grossed out and fascinated by it.
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