One thing you need to know about me is that I used to go to church. As in several times a week. At one point in high school, I was leading worship for one church, two youth groups, and about three student bible studies.
It’s a wonder I graduated at all.
It’s not like it’s some shameful […]
It makes me laugh. Hard.
I just got around to listening to Friday’s installment about a woman’s teenage bra mishap.
Having been a teen-age girl, I’m no stranger to the unexpected bra mishap. Strapless bras have slipped off in the middle of dance floors, they’ve come unhooked at inopportune times, and made unannounced showings.
But nothing I ever […]
Bob gets a break this week, so this week, we get all Brooke all the time. Which is kind of cool, because she’s in China checking up on the branding of China on the world stage, especially in the leadup to the Olympics.
To be completely honest, I’ve kind of tuned out China coverage since the […]
Tip: to increase credibility, do not look ridiculous.
Take, for instance, Professor Bruce German, seen above taking a leisurely stroll with Bryant Park Project producer Dan Pashman. Though he looks positively fascinating, with the way he waves his hands around, the pants are too high, and thus the tie (which is too wide already) appears too […]
Today was a busy day for public radio. There were loads of interesting stories, Frank Deford described his “fertile handicraft years“, and the BPP had to deploy an Emergency Krulwich.
The Emergency Krulwich was about one of the perks of working for the federal government - naming things after yourself! One caveat - the U.S. has […]
I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. It pains me to say this, because - really - I love them, but I think My Morning Jacket is overrated
Not that they’re bad. But I just bought the new record, “Evil Urges,” and - well - it’s not bad, but I’m beginning to think that […]
Every time I hear someone in the media say “primary season is over”, I get unreasonably excited. Like just now, when Bob opened the episode thusly and I let out an audible sigh of “thank God.” The problem is that he keeps going, his voice full of ham-fisted sarcasm. I know it’s radio, but […]
Not that it would be, you know, difficult to make something that seems even slightly funnier than the Mike Myers vehicle.
Let me just pull this:
Those suckered into seeing this relentless exercise in juvenilia, meanwhile, may well recoil from sports comedies, Bollywood musicals, self-help spiritualists, puns and even characters with beards for the foreseeable future.
Or from […]
And the episode of “This American Life” featuring “Squirrel Cop.”
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I believe it’s called “Hydroelectric Power.”
I’m beginning to believe that NPR feeds off the tears of its listeners.
It’s been a while since this happened, but I’m just now over the massive emotional impact of this story.
Kerry and I were moving to our current apartment the weekend that Tim Russert died. On Saturday morning, I was listening to “Weekend Edition Saturday” […]