Today's Takeaway | January 11, 2013
CDC Responds to Rampant Flu Outbreak | Rape Kits Mishandled at NYC Lab | Boston Declares Public Health Emergency | Floods and Fraud: Congress Considers Sandy Aid | More Drug Tests for Major League...
View ArticleHow to Crowd-Source a Story
The presidential inauguration is less than a week away. But if you don’t have tickets to an inaugural ball or you’re not planning to be out there watching the swearing-in in Washington, don’t worry,...
View ArticleA People's Poem for the Inaguration: Poets Respond
"Say 'nation.' In the wake of quarrels. Say 'hope.'"That original first line from poet Kwame Dawes, read on the program earlier this week, kicked off our crowd-sourced inaugural poetry project....
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | January 24, 2013
How Will Obama's Foreign Policy Goals Change with Kerry at the Helm? | Women Granted the Right to Serve in Combat | Indian Women Face Corruption Before Justice | Report Claiming Iran Employs 30,000...
View ArticleYour Take: The Most Beautiful Things
Earlier this week we asked you to share stories about experiencing overwhelming beauty. We heard about kisses at sunset, perfect still nights of sledding under the moon, and, most of all, the...
View ArticleFrom Nick and Norah to Coach and Tami: A History of Marriage Onscreen
When author and Wesleyan University professor of film studies Jeanine Basinger decided to write a history of marriage at the movies, she remembered that her friends had been so skeptical of her own,...
View ArticleThe Ghosts of Super Bowl Halftime Shows Past
Millions of viewers got to see Beyonce do her thing on the big stage at yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime show last night. But the halftime show wasn’t always a showcase for solo-artists with attitude....
View ArticleAd Execs Attempt 'Kick Ass' Rebranding of Kentucky
A group of ad executives in Kentucky decided it was time to give their state a branding makeover. The state's official slogan is "Unbridled Spirit." But the "Kentucky for Kentucky" campaign decided it...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | February 8, 2013
How will Obama Address the Looming Budget Crisis? | John O. Brennan, Drones and the Future of the CIA | Super Computer Watson Goes to School | Robots Come and Go, But Some Trades May Always Be Manual |...
View ArticleSix Word Memoirs of Love and Loss
As Valentine's Day approaches, we've been collecting your memoirs of love and heartbreak — all in six words."After 20 years, still the one" says one listener from Rhode Island. Elizabeth in Denton,...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | February 20, 2013
Detroit on the Edge of Fiscal Insolvency | A City's Comeback: Lessons from Philadelphia | No Cruise Ships in Our Historic Port | Bringing Out the Dead, At Home | Our 'Unstable' Universe Could be Wiped...
View ArticleDebunking the Corrupting Effects of Comic Books
It was 1954 and Dr. Fredric Wertham was testifying before Congress. "Are there any bad effects of comic books? I may say here on this subject there is practically no controversy," he said. "Anybody...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | February 22, 2013
Bomb Blasts Rock Damascus | Why the Allegations Against Pistorius Represent an Opportunity for South Africa | Your Stories of the Rejection Letters That Changed Your Life — Or Didn't | Oscars Countdown!
View ArticleMore Reasons to Cancel Cable
As Netflix rolls out original programming like "House of Cards," it's taken the spotlight as a competitor to traditional cable networks. Soon however, the network will have additional competition...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | March 8, 2013
In a special hour dedicated entirely to the science, strangeness, and romance of time travel, the Takeaway talks with people from all walks of life to get a handle on time and travel and time travel.
View ArticleThe Science, Fantasy, and Romance of Time Travel
This weekend, much of the U.S. and the world will be springing ahead one hour, as Daylight Saving's Time begins. Ostensibly, setting our clocks ahead will save us some light. But in a less logical way,...
View ArticleCould Any Musician Hold Our Attention for Days on End?
Here in New York, WQXR, the sister station of our co-producer WNYC is launching something they're calling Bach 360°.It's a proper Bach-a-thon — a ten-day Bach marathon festival that explores what...
View ArticleMovie Date: '42' and 'The Place Beyond the Pines'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen debate whether the new movie "42" is the story of Jackie Robinson, the story of the integration of baseball, or another story all together. They...
View ArticleDepicting Iran Through Street Art
Iranian street artists Icy and Sot's provocative images can be found from Brooklyn, where they are based today, to a wall in Istanbul, Turkey or Tabriz, Iran, the city of their youth. The brothers...
View ArticleImmigration, Race and Hair, Through Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Eyes
From the Austrian-Jewish Lower East Side in Henry Roth's "Call It Sleep," to the Norwegian Nebraska plains in Willa Cather's "My Antonia" to Dominican New Jersey in Junot Diaz's "The Brief, Wonderous...
View ArticleNew Movie Releases: 'The Hangover Part III,' 'We Steal Secrets,' 'Fast &...
Movie fans have plenty to choose from this weekend. The new releases include "The Hangover Part III," "Fast & Furious 6," "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks," "Frances Ha," and "The English...
View ArticleKambiz Hosseini: Iran's Jon Stewart on the Presidential Election
Last week, Iranians took to the polls to elect a president for the first time since 2009, when millions of protesters flooded the streets over Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection.The scene this year was...
View ArticleClosing the Gender Wage Gap, Same-Sex Married Couple Approved for Green Card,...
Tensions in Egypt Intensifies as Morsi Rejects Army Ultimatum | Closing the Gaping Gender Based Wage Gap | First Same-Sex Married Couple Approved for Green Card | The Politics of Johnny Depp as Tonto |...
View Article'Herman's House': The Dreams of a Man in Solitary Confinement for 40 Years
ArtistJackie Sumell first heard about Herman Wallace at a lecture on solitary confinement. She was outraged to learn that Wallace, a Louisiana state prisoner, has lived in solitary confinement 23 hours...
View ArticleAre Congressional Leaders Failing? | Panama Seizes North Korean Ship Carrying...
Are Congressional Leaders Failing? | World War II ‘Night Witch’ Dies at 91 | A New Voting Rights Act | The Summer Music of 1993 | Panama Seizes North Korean Ship Carrying Cuban Missile System | Doping,...
View ArticleNew Movie Releases of the Week: Turbo, R.I.P.D, The Conjuring, Red 2
Snails, spooks, spirits...and Bruce Willis. That's your Movie Date lineup for this weekend. The new films "Turbo," "R.I.P.D," "The Conjuring," and "Red 2" are all hitting the box office this...
View ArticleDetroit Bankruptcy Puts Pensions on the Block | Pentagon Presents Options for...
Detroit Bankruptcy Puts Pensions on the Chopping Block | Pentagon Presents Options for U.S. Action in Syria | Media Watch: Why The Obsession With the Royal Baby? | The Challenges of Caring for a...
View ArticleMedia Watch: Why The Obsession With the Royal Baby?
Yesterday was a good day for the British Royals: The long-awaited new royal baby finally arrived.Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, delivered a son. The baby boy is the third in line for the...
View ArticleRemembering Eydie Gorme
Eydie Gorme died on Saturday at the age of 84 surrounded by her family in Las Vegas, the city where she and her husband Steve Lawrence performed so often and where they got married in 1957. She was...
View ArticleThe Film Industry is Leaving Hollywood Behind
The city of lights is losing its glow as the film industry in Los Angeles continues to shrink.Sky-high tax credits in New York, New Orleans, the United Kingdom and Australia have enticed film producers...
View ArticleOutsiders: Challenging Society's Idea of Normal
Fringe culture has always existed, from the Transcendentalists of the 19th century, to the Modernists of the 20th century, to the hippies, feminists and punks in the years that have followed.But how do...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'The Family,' 'Insidious 2,' 'Harry Dean Stanton,' 'Austenland'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen look at strange array of movies, including an indie documentary ("Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction"), a horror flick ("Insidious: Chapter 2"), and...
View ArticleNew Art Exhibit "Iran Modern" Uncovers Forgotten Chapter of History
“Iran Modern," a new exhibition currently on display at the Asia Society in New York City, focuses on art created in Iran in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. The show is the first major exhibition of art from...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Prisoners,' 'Rush,' 'After Tiller'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen talk crime and fast cars. They also speak with Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, the filmmakers behind a documentary about the last four late-term...
View ArticleNew Report Shows State of Art in America
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) releases its comprehensive survey of trends in participation, attendance and investment in art in America today.It's a massive job for Sunil Iyengar, research...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Thanks For Sharing,' 'Starlet,' 'Don Jon'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen talk sex, sex addiction and porn. Tell your kids to leave the room because they're reviewing 'Thanks for Sharing,' 'Starlet,' and 'Don Jon.' And...
View ArticleEdgar Allan Poe Exhibit Shows “Terror of the Soul”
"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'"That creepy, classic line from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is one of the most recognizable in American literature, and Poe remains one of literature’s most...
View ArticleWinners of the Nobel Phyiscs Prize Announced | The Shutdown: How Does This...
Peter Higgs and François Englert Win Nobel Prize in Physics | Fact or Fiction? Breaking Through the Shutdown Political Rhetoric | Campaign Finance and the Roberts Court | The Shutdown: How Does This...
View ArticleThe Tangible Benefits of Daydreaming | Jeh Johnson & The Future of Homeland...
Krista Tippett on Millennials Losing Their Religion | Who Are the Millennials? | Jeh Johnson & The Future of Homeland Security | New Movie Releases: 'Carrie,' 'The Fifth Estate,' '12 Years A Slave'...
View ArticleHarassment and the NFL Locker Room
This month, ESPN reported that Jonathan Martin, a second year offensive lineman with the Miami Dolphins, had left the team after allegedly enduring repeated incidents of harassment and bullying by...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | December 6, 2012
Lessons Learned from the Oslo Accords | With Little Fanfare, UN Climate Talks Underway in Doha | Students Fight for Colleges to Drop Fossil Fuel Holdings | Scandals, State Dinners, and the Real Story...
View ArticleMarc Asnin on 'Uncle Charlie'
We all have that member of the family who doesn't quite live up to the family name. Maybe it's an aunt who drinks too much or a cousin who has a rap sheet. Maybe it's a black sheep who can’t quite get...
View ArticleEdward Burns on Directing, Acting and the Holidays
The holiday season is usually a time filled with family celebrations. For actor, writer and producer Edward Burns, that means it's also a time to explore the comedy and drama inherent in most...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | December 21, 2012
What It Means to Be a Woman with a Gun | Fiscal Cliff: What's Plan C? | A New Version of Hamlet: You Pick the Ending | Revamping Shakespeare | New Evolutionary Theory Suggests Distinct Human Species...
View ArticleRevamping Shakespeare
It’s not hard to see why web cartoonist Ryan North’s new choose-your-own adventure version of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" has quickly gained popularity among the digital set. It's a clever, internet-age...
View ArticleFrank Zappa Fans Can Now Buy Licensing Rights to Unreleased Collection
Frank Zappa's legacy as a guitar virtuoso, brilliant composer, social satirist and master of irony is unparalleled. Now, on what would have been his 72nd birthday, his estate, is doing something that...
View ArticleA New Version of Hamlet: You Pick the Ending
This morning, a new record was broken on the online funding platform Kickstarter for the site’s most successful publishing project.A quirky first-person choose-your-own-adventure book has managed to...
View ArticleToday's Takeaway | December 24, 2012
Kerry Nomination Could Bring Another Senate Race for Massachusetts | Kerry Nominated to be the Next Secretary of State | Should Doping Be Legal? | Student Tweets U.S. Drone Strikes, Highlights "Double...
View ArticleGeorge Takei: Christmas at a Japanese Internment Camp
For George Takei, gift giving will always be associated with something that was taken away from him as a child.The actor, activist, and author is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the...
View ArticleAn Ad Agency Rethinks Publishing
Last year was a tough one for print. Newsweek magazine closed its doors on December 31st, while Penguin and Random House, two giants of traditional publishing, combined forces to forge ahead in the...
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