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Jul
21
I know I don’t speak for everybody but I’ve reached the point where the only thing I can listen to on the radio is NPR. Fortunately, there’s an app for that…
Public Radio Player lists a sizable number of NPR stations across the country, all of which are listenable via live streaming.
Jun
22
This audio file is from This American Life on NPR about the called the “Origin Story”. I’ve broken down the segment into 5 parts. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND LISTENING TO ALL FIVE BUT IF YOU ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE, LISTEN TO ACT ONE: MAD MAN.
Prologue.
Host Ira Glass talks to business professor Pino Audia and Fast Company magazine columnist Dan Heath about corporate creation myths, and why so many of them involve garages. (7 minutes)
Act One: Mad Man.
TAL producer Sarah Koenig tells the story of her father, Julian Koenig, the legendary advertising copywriter whose work includes the slogan “Timex takes a licking and keeps on ticking” and Volkswagen’s “Think Small” ads. For years Sarah has heard her dad accuse a former partner of stealing some of his best ideas, but until recently she never paid much attention.Then she started asking her dad for details of this fight for his legacy, and what she learned surprised her. (20 minutes)
Here is this act in video format courtesy of one of our readers http://www.robertho.com/addict/?p=849
Act Two: The Secret Life of Secrets.
Ira tells the story of the 1953 U.S. Supreme Court case that formed the basis for the controversial state secret privilege—the precedent that allows the United States government to stop lawsuits by claiming that national security secrets might be revealed in court. Ira talks to Barry Siegel, author of the book Claim of Privilege, and Judy Loether, whose father’s death was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case. (14 minutes)
Act Three: Wait Wait…Don’t Film Me.
Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, tells Ira the origin story of one of the worst movie sequels ever made. (5 minutes)
Act Four: Bill Clinton’s Brother.
Reporter Mary Wiltenburg tells the story of a little boy stymied by the question “Where do you come from?”
Jun
21
I heard this segment a few days ago on Woody Allen and his newest movie starring Larry David.