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 was cleaning out our spam comments, and noticed something kind of awesome. There only one comment flagged incorrectly. Also it shared an update on a story we posted earlier: St. Louis’ KWMU has (finally) decided to fire their general manager, Patty Wente.
This is fairly old news; it looks like the decision came down on […]
Boxes in the living room, originally uploaded by james.thompson.
Seems divorce is bad for the environment. Cohabitation is good.
I also brought reusable grocery bags. But that’s less of an eco-thing (a couple of my bags are still plastic) than frustration with the knowledge that Kerry’s plastic bags are completely out of control.
Still, we rock the […]
I’m supposed to be finishing this week’s recap of last week’s “On the Media” right now; I’m in no mood for that right now.
It’s a beautiful day outside. Also, we had an earthquake earlier today (dig the New York Times‘ story and accompanying graph, and note that I’m moving from blue to red earthquake risk […]
Over the last week, the reality of end of the semester has begun to truly sink in for me. With the end of this semester for me comes the end of college. Even when I took a year off about four years ago, I never felt that college was over. I made the decision to take […]
The New York Times’ “Lede Blog” reported today on the sale of Garrison Keillor’s St. Paul home. Apparently, he’s leaving because he doesn’t get along with his neighbors.
From “The Lede Blog:”
For those not keeping regular track of all matters Keilloric, the listing marks the end of an ugly feud that cast Mr. Keillor as […]
My ex-girlfriend bought me the sixth season of “The West Wing” for my birthday last year. I finally got around to sitting down to it.* It’s the season in which they introduce Matt Santos, the character who will, by the end of the season, I’m sure, become the Democratic presidential candidate.
You better believe there’s […]
I get excited about elections like college basketball fans get excited about March Madness. I’m positively giddy that the Democratic race is so hotly contested, and as much as I prefer one candidate over the other, I’d love to see the whole thing come down to the convention.
As the returns from the primaries come […]
I came across this interesting story about the decline of PBS. Though PBS is losing viewers, public radio has undergone major audience growth in the last few years. Coincidence? We think not. “Antiques Roadshow” is no “This American Life”.
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