June 2011
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The Fresh Air Interview: Journalist Jeff Sharlet... →
Congrats to Jeff Sharlet who just won the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association feature prize for his Harper’s Magazine piece “Straight Man’s Burden.” Sharlet came on Fresh Air in August 2010 to discuss the piece and his reporting.
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“The balancing act between how much rule-making you like in language and how much...”
– Linda Holmes | NPR Monkey See | Going, Going, And Gone?: No, The Oxford Comma Is Safe … For Now (via fromoneroomaway)
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“We have this debate in America that is almost a theoretical debate about the...”
– Fareed Zakaria, on the relationship between government and innovation. [complete interview here]
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“The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, Fareed Zakaria explains why America is lagging behind other countries on indices that indicate long-term economic growth.
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Let's Introduce Ourselves -- Who Are You?
We’ve gotten a lot of new followers and we had a show today on online dating. I feel like that means we should get to know each other a bit more (and maybe collectively find some great new Tumblrs to follow.)
So: Who are you? What Tumblrs do you like? Let’s bring this cold, lonely world a bit closer, shall we?
(I’m Mel, I’m 26, I work at Fresh Air, I’ve lived in...
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“I’m projecting forward, like 10, 15, 20 years in the future, but it could...”
– Noah Shachtman talks about some of the sci-fi-like devices the military and defense contractors are currently working on.
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“To the owner of the burning tuna sandwich, please report to the fat end of the...”
– – NPR co-worker Oh how I love my job! (via designalenz)
Reason #4534 why it’s nice to work in Philly (Hi DC!)
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“The problem with the U.S. government is that its allocation of resources is...”
– Fareed Zakaria: Are America’s Best Days Behind Us? (via pictheday)
Tomorrow: Fareed Zakaria talks about America’s decline and the rise of the rest of the world.
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“You run out of friends and then you run out of friends of friends of friends and...”
– New Yorker staff writer Nick Paumgarten tells Terry Gross why so many adults are turning to online dating. (He also explains how each site finds you potential match(es.)
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The Secret History of Iraq’s Invisible War →
writinggallery:
… there’s a sense in the Pentagon that the improvised bomb has now become a permanent threat. Over the last six months, there’s been an average of 245 jury-rigged explosives found or detonated — outside of Iraq and Afghanistan. The IED has gone global.
Tomorrow we’ll be talking about new weapons and new national security strategies with Noah Shachtman of Wired Magazine.
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“My mother, in the ’60s could buy a tomato in the supermarket that had 30...”
– Barry Estabrook, on the human, nutritional, and environmental tolls of modern tomato farming.
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“I’m pleased to report that Rave On Buddy Holly is the rare tribute album...”
– Ken Tucker reviews the new Buddy Holly tribute album featuring, among others, Cee Lo Green and Paul McCartney. The complete album is streaming on NPR’s website today. Enjoy!
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Anonymous asked: I live in DC - does NPR take volunteers? (I used to help with the pledge drives for XPN in Philly - love Philly and XPN!)
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Just one more thing…Audio for Terry’s...
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☐ Single ☐ Taken ✔ Public radio listener
I am confused as to why multiple boxes cannot be checked in this scenario. At least two of them are applicable if you are indeed a public radio listener. (If you are not, perhaps only one of the three boxes is checked.)
Anonymous asked: what was the music played between the Peter Falk piece and the Woodall piece
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What Happens When Charter Schools Fail?
On Monday’s Fresh Air, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Martha Woodall details her ongoing investigation into Philadelphia’s charter school system, where 19 of the 74 charter schools operating in the city are under investigation for fraud, financial mismanagement and conflicts of interest.
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avecsansplus asked: I'm driving to Chicago to visit some friends on Sunday. Half of the reason I'm excited for this is because it gives me an excuse to listen to nine straight hours of Fresh Air on the ride up. Thanks for all you do to entertain and inform us every day. And every car ride.
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“Does gender matter? In a country with the ideal of treating everyone fairly and...”
– Food for thought in the latest Linton Weeks piece: The End Of Gender? : NPR
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To the tumbleton who asked...
…”where can i find the recording from the tiny desk concert” for Foster The People, it will be a while. We have A LOT of Tiny Desk concerts (sometimes two, three in a day!) so there are about 12 videos to post before that goes up on NPR.org.
But in the interim you can spend some time exploring NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts on our website.
Happy listening!
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