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NPR: 03-26-2011 Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Stories: 1) Who's Carl This Time? 2) Opening Panel Round 3) Bluff The Listener 4) Talk Show Host Jerry Springer Plays Not My Job 5) Panel Round Two 6) Limericks 7) Lightning Fill In The Blank 8) Prediction
The Wall Street Journal This Weekend Mar. 26, 2011
03-26-11--Fukushima's effect on the future of nuclear power, what an AT&T/T-Mobile deal would mean for us, and the best vacation-rental travel destinations.
#261: Economists On Federal Funding For NPRNPR: Planet Money Podcast
Should NPR receive federal funding? On today's Planet Money, we try to look at the question through the cold, hard lens of economics. We go back to an idea we covered in a podcast last year: public goods. Here's how an expert defined a public good on that show: "...something that we all need that will make our lives better, but the market will not and cannot provide..." Sounds simple enough so far. But as we wade into the details, things start to get murky.
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NPR: 03-25-2011 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) Wahlberg, Russell Enter Ring With 'The Fighter' 2) Elizabeth Taylor's Legacy: AIDS Activist, Movie Star 3) 'Mildred Pierce': A Masterpiece Of Modern Film Noir 4) Playwright LANFORD WILSON.
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George Buckley on innovationThe Economist
Facing economic challenges in the West, the chief executive of 3M looks to emerging markets for new opportunities and more scientists
Car Talk #1113: Slugging Etiquette
When your daily commute depends on the kindness of strangers, are you allowed to give them a dope-slap? Also, Wendy in Vermont fears her struggles with her fiance's clutch will cause his Dad to think she's a ditch; Taurus owner Mike is torn between conflicting advice, and needs to know who's the genius and who's the wacko--happily, we have one of each to help him; and is there scientific evidence that one Magliozzi is smarter (or just less stupid) than the other?
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SciFri 032511 Hour 1: Building Blocks of Life, Pre-Clovis Americans, Return of Project Mohole
New analysis of an old spark flask biochemistry experiment, hunting for traces of Americas first inhabitants, drilling to the mantle of the Earth.
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SciFri 032511 Hour 2: Computers and Emotions, Richard Feynman, Spacesuit Design
Measuring emotions via technology, a biography of physicist Richard Feynman, and a look at Apollo-era space suit design.
NPR: 03-25-2011 Economy
Stories: 1) Obama Agency Review Looks To Snip The Red Tape 2) UAW Gears Up For Contract Talks With Detroit's Big 3 3) 'We're Broke': Empty Bank Accounts, Empty Meaning? 4) A Country Divided: Japan's Electric Bottleneck
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The Wall Street Journal This Morning Mar. 25, 2011
03-25-11--How NATO is set to lead the No-Fly Zone over Libya, survivors in Japan take to looking for cars and property, and why a little victim's plight has the wheel of justice spinning.
NPR: 03-24-2011 Fresh Air
Stories: 1) How 'Italian Food' Became A Global Sensation 2) Cyro Baptista: Sounds From Everywhere, Evoking Home 3) How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick 4) 'We're Broke': Empty Bank Accounts, Empty Meaning?
Book Review Podcast
This week: Antonio Skármeta, author of “The Dancer and the Thief”; Jennifer 8. Lee, author of “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles”; Rachel Donadio on Martin Amis; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news. Bob Harris is the host.
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