December 23, 2008 - Remember back in November when lots of Black people were on TV saying that they would continue to tell their children that they could grow up to be anything they wanted to be, except now they'd really mean it?
Well...
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December 19, 2008 - Don't pretend that this is a surprise. Every year, at this exact time, people ask me what's going on down here on the station, and when I tell them they respond invariably, 'Oh, the pledge drive already?' If you're listening right now, let's get something straight...
November 24, 2008 - NPNR's David Overbearing reports on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee...
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June 18, 2008 - Lewis Black gets heckled by a caller while guesting on NPR's "Talk of the Nation...
February 26, 2008 - I've heard a lot of derisive talk in certain cultural circles of late concerning surprise Best Picture nominee Juno. Seems a lot of left-leaning types think the film strikes some sort of disturbingly pro-life, anti-feminist chord beneath it's ultra-hip veneer. Like maybe the movie...