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Category Archives: On the Media

OTM Highlights, 11/28: Turkey sandwiches > leftover turkey.

Monday, December 1, 2008

 
Under normal circumstances, this recap would be Kerry’s. Currently, however, she’s laying on the couch, watching “Gilmore Girls,” and completely hopped up on cold medicine. Lest her recap become “Fear and Loathing in Public Media,” I’ve taken it from her shoulders and left her to try to clear her sinuses.
Which is fine, because I’m left […]

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OTM Highlights, 11/21: Is it too soon to call?

Monday, November 24, 2008

So I think that Kerry’s OTM podcast is broken. She says hers downloads story-by-story. On mine, I see (what I think is) the cover story - the interview with Michael Lewis - followed by the full episode.
Also, Brooke wants you to call; we haven’t yet, if the spirit moves you, as Brooke says, then let […]

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OTM Recap 11/14: Marriage is When We Admit Bob Garfield Was Right

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Hi everybody. Brooke is out sick this week, but apparently, she managed to record all of her interviews before going home to some chicken soup and crappy movies. Bob is trying to make up for it by asking us all to imagine him as a stunning brunette. Uh, sure, Bob. Whatever you say.
In the second […]

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OTM Highlights, 11/7: Now that it’s over, I miss the election.

Monday, November 10, 2008

The election is over, kids. You can go to bed without thrashing around in doubt and/or fear, wondering if your favorite candidate would make it into the particular office they were running for. If you care about Congressional elections (you DO, right?), then we’ll see you again in two years.
But we all know which race […]

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Better start swimming, or you’ll sink like a stone.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

You’ve heard the news by now. If you’ve got any sense in you, you’ve jumped up and down a couple times with some sense of excitement or frustration. No one, it seems had it in them to stand still last night.
And yes, I’m as relieved as anyone else to just know that Bob Garfield only […]

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OTM Highlights 10/10: A Letter

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Dear Brooke and Bob -
Hey, y’all. How’s it going?
I’m doing alright. I’m sitting in my kitchen, baking some cookies and listening to the most recent episode of your show.
Brooke, Bob, I hate to say this, but I feel like we’re growing apart. It’s not that you’re not doing a great job - you are. The […]

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If we could make energy from Beer, the debates would fix the oil crisis.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

We’ve been playing the Presidential debate drinking game. So we’re drifting, topically, and my typing ability is waning. Meanwhile, Kerry just started knitting with five needles.
He passes to the man, and boom goes the dynamite. (It should be noted that this video is exactly why we are both proud to be graduates of Ball State […]

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OTM Highlights, 09/19: This post made possible by readers like you

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Given the events of this weekend, neither Kerry nor I were able to focus long enough to sit down and write our “On the Media” highlights post for this week.
Thankfully, Matt Bloom - an astute NPR listener and one of my best friends - was listening to OTM as soon as the podcast downloaded, and […]

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OTM Highlights: Secret Cheney Man and the Avalanche of Dumb

Sunday, September 14, 2008

I keep singing “Secret Cheney Man! Secret Cheney Man! He’s sending you to Gitmo, and obfuscating the blame!”
Why do I keep singing it, even though it has meter completely unlike the original’s?
Because I have nothing better to do.
Also because Dick Cheney thinks he’s not part of the executive branch, and so has made no attempt, […]

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OTM Highlights 9/5: Sarah Palin Is No Movie Voice Guy.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

In a world where time stood still, only one radio show could simultaneously earn my undying respect and make jokes like my dad.
The story that jumped out at me most this week was Brooke’s sweet tribute to Don LaFontaine, the movie trailer voice guy. Brooke sounds so completely reverenty and sweet - I wonder if […]

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