Hey, just because I refuse to make resolutions for myself doesn’t mean that I have to refuse to make them for others, too. Here are some things that Brooke and Bob should consider for the coming year. 1. Get Bob a better microphone. For the last few weeks, it’s sounded like Bob has been coming [...]
My birthday is in two weeks. I’ll be 25 years old. At this point, there aren’t very many things that make me feel old. On the Media found a way, though. In this week’s all-music episode, the first segment points out that Napster started 10 years ago. I remember using my limited computer time at [...]
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 [...]
Hey, it looks like we’ve some new rules to play by, but we’ve been pretty good about abiding by them anyway – basically, you can’t be shilling something as a blogger without being up front about it. You all know that we’re not paid to do this, right? That we don’t make a damn thing from [...]
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 [...]
I suppose that after months of hosting the show solo, Bob deserves a break. Brooke’s hosting and editing the show this week (and delivering her own outro without a single trace of longing for Bob – seems that all of that attempted hair petting on his part is getting him absolutely nowhere). Listening to this [...]
Every week when I sit down to recap, I get all excited that maybe – just maybe – this will be the week that Brooke returns from her leave. Nothing against Bob, but I miss Brooke (and I think he does too, despite sounding almost giddy announcing Katya’s editorial credit at the end of the [...]
This week’s episode intro starts with the usual story highlights and ends with Bob saying “Stay tuned for all sorts of wrong stuff.” There’s potential for plenty of wrong – Brooke is off again this week, and Bob is using words like “fomenting”. The first story is about people that think that President Obama wasn’t [...]
It’s recap time again, and this week, it’s a video. Watch for talk about behaviorally targeted ads, skecthy food products, sketchy print ad products (and some paper nomming), and Bob apologizing. This recap was recorded by Kerry, with occasional giggles from Matthew, who’s watching YouTube videos in the next room.
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New York Governor Paterson Makes Rumors Fun Again
New York Governor David Paterson is dealing with rumors that he’s about to be accused of something bad – he’s already admitted ‘marital infidelity’ and cocaine use. The rumors are going crazy, and much like with Britney Spears, we think we know, but we don’t know. It’s gotten to the point that the rumors themselves [...]