I know, I know, I should be writing about the radio. But Barack Obama was just on TV, and if you think Public Television is serious, you haven’t seen anything until you’ve watched a nomination acceptance speech in high-definition. That stuff is serious. So now I’m sitting here trying to think of what I want [...]
Just in case you haven’t already gotten enough of the Democratic National Convention, I wanted to point you in the direction of some of NPR’s coverage. The NPR Politics Twitter feed has been providing obsessive, immediate coverage that includes quotes from almost every speech. Earlier today, they were tweeting the roll call of the states. [...]
 Currently on NPR.org, there’s a story about how harps symbolize Paraguay’s national identity. Paraguay. Harps. I had to check my globe when I saw the headline: “Harps Symbolize Paraguay’s National Identity.” Harps symbolize Paraguay’s national identity. Really? Are we sure we’re not thinking Celtic areas? Ireland? Maybe even the coast of Brittany? According to [...]
I have to start this week’s recap with a bit of a spoiler, because I don’t want your OTM listening experience to be tainted by the surprise revealed at the end of the episode. According to Brooke, for the length of the T-shirt design contest, Bob is making good on his promise to host the [...]
Is it just me, or do the Olympics seem to go on forever? Not that I’m complaining. I enjoy beach volleyball as much as the next person (and did you see last night’s US v. China game? It was awesome!). The games aren’t just good for building national pride and making me lose all motivation [...]
 There’s not a whole lot to this story; this is one of those “Morning Edition” news-of-the-weird things, so substance is minimal. But I thought it was awesome. It seems that Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University – and thereby a mass of 18-23 year olds (stretch that to 25 in case someone else [...]
I was going to post today about two stories from last week, one about “Space Ghosts” (though not of the masked, invisa-belted variety), another about D.C. Drag Queens looking to grieve their beloved nightspot. But, flipping through our emails alerts from Twitter, about new followers, I noticed that Talk of the Nation was following us. [...]
This is just a short post to let y’all know about a podcast that I found that you may enjoy. After listening to last week’s episode of “This American Life” (the one about being afraid to go to sleep). Anyway – one of the stories was from The Moth, a storytelling collective. They have an [...]
It used to make me angry to see Bob Garfield poking at the internet with a stick to see if it bites. And then it just made me sad. Now I just sort of hear it, note it, and move on. The man has blogs; he knows about the internet. He just seems to think [...]
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Monkey See, Monkey Blog
In the last week or so, NPR has launched “Monkey See“, a new pop culture blog written by Linda Holmes. I’ve read the first few entries, and it seems to be off to a good start. Ms. Holmes was a former Television Without Pity writer, which gives me great hope, as I love TWOP’s scathing [...]