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News & Views
Joseph Smith Jr. has been chosen to oversee the multibillion-dollar national mortgage settlement announced earlier this week. Smith is described as a man who understands the plight of the homeowner without forgetting what makes a successful banking i...
President Obama shifts the responsibility of providing contraceptive coverage from religious institutions to insurers. Political contributions often flow to the most successful candidate. The European Commission has new guidelines out regulating the ...
American tastes in coffee. Java. Joe. Dark roast. Light roast. And the battle for American taste buds....
To Tweet or not to Tweet graphic videos out of Syria, the seduction of covering the political horse race, and virtual pacifism in video games....
Reporting in Science, researchers write that an FDA-approved drug for skin cancer had surprising results in mice with Alzheimer's. The drug rapidly cleared up amyloid protein from the brain and improved cognitive function. Co-author Gary Landreth dis...
A group of African American humanists is running an ad campaign during February. It features historical figures, including Frederick Douglass and Langston Hughes, who they believe shared humanist values. Alix Jules is part of the campaign and he spea...
When Americans traveled by stagecoach, they had to worry about rocks, rattlesnakes, robbers and other varmints. But I wonder if there weren't fewer passenger complaints....
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney walked away without delegates in the nonbiding caucuses and tallied fewer votes in the state than he did four years ago. This time, he barely beat rival Ron Paul....
Entertainment
This week on Car Talk, DIY filmmaker Seth is preparing to shoot a big scene: a car explosion in the front yard (of his neighbor's house, of course). Seth's hoping Tom and Ray can help minimize the risk of seeing his house go up in smithereens, and hi...
Go back in time to 1967. Jim and Greg explore this watershed year and discuss the birth of the album as art.
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This week, Studio 360 is live in WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, for a special episode about the art of reinvention. The comedian Eugene Mirman finds a new career as a consumer advocate (cable company, beware). Elizabeth Wurtzel (Proz...
What happens when people with one common interest gather in monstrous, fluorescent -lit halls for the weekend? Sometimes they drive each other crazy, sometimes they fall in love.
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Our panelists tell us three stories of dumb cops, only one of which is true....
Whad'Ya Know? heads back to Jacksonville, Florida for another look at the St. Johns River and a little bit o' drinkin' at the Palace Saloon on Amelia Island. Oh, and we welcomed historian Emily Lisska, marine mammalogist Quincy Gibson, and the music ...
Hear the Hold Steady singer perform quiet, moody songs from his solo debut, Clear Heart Full Eyes....
International
London's experiment in tackling heavy drinking / Bombings in Aleppo / Will Hamas still support al-Assad ? / Homophobia among British Muslims / Are psychiatrists pathologising everyday behaviour ? / The Battle of Saltley Gate - 40 years on....
A computer made chess history 16 years ago by beating world champion Garry Kasparov...
It's now nearly 48 hours after the football match in Port Said that ended in perhaps one of the most significant tragedies of recent times.
74 fans were killed following al-Masry's unexpected win over al-Ahly, Egypt's most famous and successful club...
Culture
Love is in the air, and this week Snap Judgment delivers stories of passion, heartbreak, and the most important connection of all. Listen in, as real people relate their own experience with the most mysterious force in the universe....
Journalism can make us care -- or it can numb us to human suffering. Nicholas Kristof's columns in The New York Times wrap hard news inside human stories with broad appeal. Krista talks with him about the lessons of his life covering some of the wors...
Topic: The Joys of Flexibility for Working Parents
Guest: Ellen Galinsky, President of Families and Work Institute...
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Vitamin D has long been recognized as critical for preventing rickets in the......
We look at the food life of Thailand with David Thompson, author of Thai Street Food. Then, the mysterious eel with James Prosek, author of Eels, An Exploration. And Gilt Taste's Francis Lam teaches us to make Ginger Milk Pudding....
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Technology Podcast 356: Spider silk is as strong as steel. Literally. But some new research shows that a spider web's power lies in more than just strength. There's also its stretchiness......
That's the question underlying seven years of arguments, negotiations and revisions between thewriter, John D'Agata, and his fact-checker, Jim Fingal. We'll meet D'Agata and Fingal next time on TO THE BEST OF OURKNOWLEDGEas we explore the slippery ...
