April 2012
Where were you when you found out about Osama bin Laden's death?
Tomorrow we’re marking the one year anniversary of the capture and death of Osama bin Laden. We’re talking to Peter Bergen, who produced the first television interview with bin Laden and has a new book out about the lengthy search for bin Laden.
Do you remember how you found out? I actually went to bed really early the night before (so I missed the news) and woke up to see it all over Facebook.
“I think all of us have a Carrie in us somewhere – at least I think all teenagers do – so I just channeled that side of myself.”
—Sissy Spacek on her role in the 1976 horror film Carrie.
NPR Music: What's the best song that you heard this week? →
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We’re trying something new on ye olde Tumblr. Inspired by Fresh Air’s “best thing all week” question every Friday, we want to know the absolute best song that you heard this week. The song can be brand new to the Internet, an old song brand new to you, a song you’ve re-discovered from your…
What was the best thing that happened to you this week?
It’s Friday! Let’s do our weekly check-in, Internet! What was the best thing that happened to you this week?
I’ll start: I got out of my typical hermit-like comfort zone and it was exciting and very much needed.
“31 percent of the men who graduated Oxford in 1913 were killed.”
—On today’s Fresh Air, historian Adam Hochschild explains why WWI was different than other major conflicts: “It was different because it was the tradition in most of the major countries for upper-class young men to have military careers, and then it became those young captains and lieutenants.”
“What we’re actually seeing in the ocean is this kind of chowder of plastic – these tiny particles that are the size of plankton. It’s plastic that has been weathered and broken down by the elements into these little bits and it’s getting into the food chain.”
—Edward Humes met with scientists who study the 5 massive gyres of trash particles swirling around in the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Created by the convergence of ocean currents and wind, the gyres contain masses of litter that aren’t entirely visible by the human eye.
