Wednesday, August 13, 2008
This morning, an epic battle of wits took place. The battlefield: Morning Edition. You can surmise from this story’s headline both the participants and the victors. The vanquished now lay limp and bleeding on the field while Montagne hoists the lance above her head in victory. The transcript tells the epic tale. From the bard’s [...]
Over the last month or two, I’ve heard a few public radio stories on the Hold Steady and their new record. Critics seem to think it’s better than “Boys and Girls in America”, but I’m not sure I agree. WPXN called them “increasingly iconic“, and I think I can get behind that. Matthew, Zach and [...]
Did anyone else notice and find it a little weird that Mike Pecsca (formerly of BPP fame) did two stories today, one for “Morning Edition” and one for “All Things Considered”? Also, did anyone think it was a crime that Pesca wasn’t given the Water Polo story? I mean, I know he works at NPR [...]
Everyone, meet Alex. She’s the artist behind the brilliant Mornings With NPR blog. Where we just write about the stories, she picks a “Morning Edition” favorite to sketch daily. I’m particularly fond of the drawing she did for the story on the Angola prison rodeo. You should really check her out. We’re just glad to [...]
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
I love Morning Edition – I love the velvety voice of Carl Cassell. I way the Renee Montagne sounds like she kinda can’t stand Steve Inskeep. When I stayed with Matthew over Christmas, I terrified and amazed him by waking up at exactly 5 a.m. every day to demand that he switch the radio back [...]
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Public Radio Poetry, vol. 4: Limericks shouldn’t count
It’s been a while since I’ve done this, and I’ve skipped over talking about the Poetry Magazine podcast, mostly because it’s not funded or distributed through public media channels. But listening to “Morning Edition” this morning, Kerry and I heard this terrible limerick regarding a judge’s reaction to a lawsuit whose “short and plain” allegations [...]