March 2012
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“If you’re younger than 13, don’t use Tumblr. Ask your parents for an...”
– The new Tumblr TOS. [NPR Books site, for those of you younger than 13.]
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People looking for jobs in public TV/radio
If you’re on Twitter, track the hashtags #pubjobs #pubmedia #nprjobs — I keep seeing a ton of positions mentioned with these hashtags — and then you don’t have to wade through all of the job sites yourself.
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“We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these...”
– Don Draper, Mad Men (via notacliche)
Monday: Mad Men head writer, producer and creator Matthew Weiner, talking about what happens in Sunday’s season premiere. [previously]
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“The Muppets don’t get laughs at other people’s expense. It’s...”
– Jason Segel, on what makes the Muppets special
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“I love the simplicity of Sesame Street characters. I love that [Elmo is] just an...”
– Kevin Clash: Making Elmo Come To Life
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“This book, being about work, is, by its very nature, about violence — to the...”
– Studs Terkel, from the introduction to Working, his oral history, where “people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do.” Hear audio of some of the 130 interviews Terkel conducted for the book. It was published in 1974, during another time of great economic upheaval in...
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“I’m interested in the theater because I’m interested in...”
– Happy Birthday Stephen Sondheim! [Sondheim on Fresh Air]
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“They began to show pictures of him in his underwear — any pictures they could...”
– Labour MP Chris Bryant was publicly outed in The Sun, soon after he questioned an editor at The Sun about bribing police officers.
On today’s Fresh Air, investigative reporter Lowell Bergman talks about the ongoing scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids in the UK. His new Frontline... 