Got Milk?
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Sean Farrington brings you the latest news and insight from the business
world.
He'll find out how markets are reacting to the possibility of more global...
The Forgotten History of the First Sitcom
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Host Brooke Gladstone talks with Emily Nussbaum, television critic for The
New Yorker, about the forgotten story of Gertrude Berg, the woman behind
the t...
How Black hair care grew Black power
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The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one
of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did
so m...
Christmas and Commerce
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Stories about the intersection of Christmas and retail, originally
broadcast in 1996 when our show was only a year old. Including David
Sedaris's "Santal...
How I learned to stop screaming and love teaching
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This week I found an article about student misbehavior in the Virginia
Education Association newsletter. (see screencaps at the bottom if the PDF
is diffic...
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga
and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon and Hello Kitty, online argots like selfies
and ...
News Post: Underground Tour
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Tycho: When I was pulling up our Gran Turismo 7 video to link it, I ended
up skipping through a few parts of it to appreciate just how otherworldly
some as...
How to Do Cross Product Calculator
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The vector thing, or cross thing, of two vectors is a vector. If C is the
vector consequence of An and B, we form
Imagine a repairman turning a wrench t...
Mix: The Best of Shibuya-kei, Volume One
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The time has been right for a new mix that showcases, celebrates, and
reintroduces the best tracks from Shibuya-kei’s peak years: dj david, mon
amour - “Th...
15.11.42
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Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt.
[1] The first time that I have heard them in over two years. [1] Following
the att...
Capitol Crimes
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With disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex
Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth
exploration ...
Obama the Sphinx
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President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East
yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and
declaring his ...
Why Do Americans Still Hate Welfare?
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"Welfare" remains a charged word in the American lexicon, even though it's
rarely talked about as a political issue any more. But why?
Dmitry and Brian
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Things in Russia played out very predictably last week. On May 7, Dmitry
Medvedev, the former pipeline CEO and presidential aide who Vladimir Putin
had chr...