Welcome to 2009, brave Time Explorers. You have arrived in a challenging and desolate time for finding your most coveted resource: new episodes of NPR’s “On the Media.” Friday’s episode would have required Brooke and Bob to be present during New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in order to produce a truly new and [...]
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 [...]
In anticipation of the summer Olympics, “All Things Considered” has been doing extensive coverage of China, including the Chengdu Diary, a blog by NPR hosts as they prepare to host from China in May. They’re doing a lot of preparation for the trip. Ever the journalists, they have books and DVDs about the country. They’ve [...]
image: “$1.00 on any gun” by taberandrew on Flickr IN THIS WEEK’S RECAP: Genocidalympics, Second Amendment Anecdotes, The Night of the Living Newspaper Industry, Bhutan, A Dad Who Makes Decent Jokes (For Once), and Something About ESPN That I Don’t Really Care About Because I Don’t Watch Sports (I Listen to Public Radio). Even with [...]
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