Revisiting a Conversation with Paul Auster
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Last week, news broke that writer Paul Auster died from complications
related to lung cancer. The New York Times called him “the patron saint of
literary...
Donerflation
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Sean Farrington finds out why German politicians are calling for a doner
kebab price cap. Plus, Disney shares fall despite turning a profit in
streaming.
The birth of the modern consumer movement
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Today on the show, the story of the modern consumer movement in the U.S.
and the person who inspired it: Ralph Nader. How Ralph Nader's battle in
the 1960s...
568: Human Spectacle
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Gladiators in the Colosseum. Sideshow performers. Reality television. We've
always loved to gawk at the misery or majesty of others. But this week, we
as...
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...
Identity verification
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With the New Management at Twitter about to change the meaning of the white
check in a blue circle (colloquially but inaccurately referred to as the
“blue ...
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...
The Second Manifesto of Néojaponisme
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Maybe websites are not the answer. In the old age of our second decade
(website years are like dog years), print may be a better match.
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...
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