How long has it taken me to do one load of laundry tonight? Longer than it’s taken to listen to three episodes of “The Savage Love Podcast,” three “Planet Money” episodes, and two episodes of “This American Life.” That’s ONE load of laundry. Six hours. Yes, it was huge. And yes, I split it up [...]
Confession time: despite watching a freakish amount of Nick at Nite during my childhood, I’ve never seen the “Twilight Zone” (for what it’s worth, I think I’ve seen every episode of the “Andy Griffith Show”, “Leave it to Beaver” and “F-Troop” in existence). The “Twilight Zone” isn’t the kind of thing I’m usually into, but [...]
So I’ve only seen a few seasons of Project Runway, and I truly enjoyed it. It’s an actually interesting reality show – I like watching people be creative on deadline, with strict constraints. It’s sort of like the end of my college career, except that I didn’t get to dress hot girls in poetry. Come [...]
All Things Considered did an interview with Aziz Ansari this afternoon. Sadly, most of the interview with the comedian is really boring. I think a lot of it had to do with the questions he was being asked. The interviewer started with questions about Ansari’s character on “Parks and Recreation”, which were kind of interesting. [...]
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi spoke to the U.N. today. And apparently, FCC regulations kept them from expressing exactly how batshit fucking crazy the guy’s speech was. If most of the world didn’t already know him as a dictator and harborer of terrorists (if not himself a terrorist, I’d probably hail the speech as comedic genius. [...]
My birthday was Wednesday, but on Thursday, Kerry gave me an addendum to my birthday presents: She found a used vinyl copy of the new Sonic Youth record. I already had a downloaded version, but was aching for the vinyl – it’s a great record, but Sonic Youth has such a distinct sound that all [...]
There’s not a lot of opinion out there that can truly set me off. I like when people disagree with me – as long as they’re intelligent about it. There are a few exceptions, and, honestly they’re fairly ridiculous. I’m going to take a few minutes here and talk about one of them: The Beatles. [...]
A few weeks ago, I was in a particularly bad mood. Zach was kind enough to let me come over and watch his TV. When I got there, he was watching a show where some lovely British guys in a souped-up truck were racing a dude on a dog sled to the North Pole. The [...]
NPR’s new site is pretty great. Everything is easy to find, the colors are nice, the podcasts are all right there at the top. But even on an awesome new site, sometimes things aren’t where you thought they were. But having just gotten the new 404 page on npr.org, I’m totally ok with not quite [...]
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Why Public Radio Works For Me
One of the things I’ve always loved about the public radio approach is the exploratory attitude the hosts/correspondents/commentators/reporters take when dealing with an unfamiliar topic. This effect is most pronounced when the person talking needs to explain the relevance of the subject. One of the greatest strengths of “Planet Money” is that the show’s staff [...]