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Mother in Arms

Ricardo Castro | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Mothers and Fathers in Arms, Wnyc, Radio Rookies, Hive-Learning-Network, Keith Salgado, Video, Teen News

18-year-old Keith Salgado was out late on a Saturday night in Campos Plaza, a group of housing projects on the Lower East Side, when he was shot. Keith was still in high school, just like us, when he died.

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James Murphy Wants To Make Turnstiles A Musical Experience

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Wnyc, New York Subway, Yale University, Nyc-Subway-Turned-to-Music, Mta, LCD Soundsystem, David Byrne, James Murphy, James-Murphy-Lcd-Soundsystem, New York News

Love New York, but beeping subway turnstiles bringing you down? James Murphy, formerly of LCD Soundsystem, would like to change that. Murphy recent...

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Unemployed Mother Of Three Faces Homelessness

wnyc.org | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Breakdown, On the Brink, Poverty, Unemployment, Homelessness, Yolanda Cotto, Wnyc, Politics News

With tears rolling down her cheeks, Yolanda Cotto, 53, recently sat in the front row of a packed courtroom in the Bronx Housing Court writing two mone...

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Rethinking Education: Should It Be a Civil Right?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Wnyc, Civil Rights, Education, Student Debt, Paying for College, College Students, Student Loans, College Cost, College Enrollment, Education News

As access to education, particularly higher education, becomes out of the reach of many, the question inevitably arises, "Should education be a civil right?"

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On the Culture Front: Krapp's Last Tape, John Schaefer Celebrates 30 Years, Private Lives and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Renee Fleming, John Schaefer, Richard Eyre, Carnegie Hall, Simone Dinnerstein, Krapp's Last Tape, Angelique Kidjo, Private Lives, Wnyc, Bam, Tift Merritt, Alec Baldwin, NY Around Town, New York News

Sometimes theater thrives on the simplest pleasures. A couple actors on a bare stage. This was the case at the last event for Carnegie Hall's young donor group, the Notables.

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Mapping Out New York's Wealthiest And Poorest Neighborhoods

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Census, New York Statistics, Homeless Population, Income Inequality, Wnyc, Ny News, Coalition for the Homeless, Income Disparity, New York Census, New York's Wealthiest, New York News

WNYC has built an interesting map using data from the Census Bureau to highlight the city's wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods. The data, which ...

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Public Radio Freelancer Fired Over Occupy Wall Street Participation

The Atlantic Wire | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: WNYC Public Radio, Caitlin Curran Occupy Wall Street, Wnyc, The Takeaway, Occupy Wall Street, WNYC the Takeaway, Caitlin Curran Fired, Wnyc Public Radio International, Caitlin Curran, Media News

The people who make shows for NPR stations, dinged by the perception that they're a bunch of kneejerk liberals, are proving themselves to be very, v...

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Radio Host Is Officially A Genius

FishbowlNY | Jerry Barmash on September 20, 2011 1:16 PM | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Jad Abumrad Genius, MacArthur Genius Grant, Jad Abumrad Macarthur Genius, Radiolab, Wnyc, Jad Abumrad, Media News

Since 2005, Jad Abumrad has been the producer and co-host of nationally syndicated Radiolab, based at the WNYC studios. Today, Abumrad has been select...

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LOOK: A Map To NYC's Gayborhoods

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Same Sex Couples, New York News, US Census Bureau, Wnyc, Chelsea New York, New York City Census, Ny News, New York News

A total of 32,972 households in New York City included same-sex couples in the most recent US census, up from 25,906 in 2000. Wondering where they all...

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MoMA And Volkswagen Navigate Corporate Sponsorship

Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Bp, Martin Winterkorn, Bloomberg, Tate, Volkswagen Beetle, Jalopnik, Car Commercial, Wnyc, Museums, Corporate Sponsorship, Francis Alys, Design, Cars, Moma, Volkswagen, Arts News

On Monday, Volkswagen and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York announced a two-year, multi-million dollar partnership. The German auto giant wi...

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Street Art Mecca Five Pointz To Be Razed, Replaced With High Rises

The Huffington Post | Melinda Brocka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Images, Five Pointz, Queens, Wnyc, Street Art, Graffiti, Fave Pointz Demolished, Real Estate, Jonathan Cohen, Jerry Wolkoff, Meres, New York, Redevelopment, Arts News

New York graffiti Mecca Five Pointz will soon be razed and replaced with high rises and a luxury shopping mall. Owner Jerry Wolkoff has allowed st...

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Wonky Interlopers: Crash These Political Holiday Parties

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Holiday Parties, Holiday Parties, Wnyc, Bill Deblasio, Ny News, Scott Stringer, Political Fundraisers, Al Sharpton, Video, New York News

An intrepid reader of WNYC has compiled a list of this season's 'hottest' political parties, including a fundraiser for Manhattan Borough President's ...

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Radiolab Finds an Awaiting Audience

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Npr, Television, Internet, Talk Radio, Robert Krulwich, Wnyc, Radio, Symmetry, David Pogue, Podcast, Jad Abumrad, Radiolab, Media News

If a radio show taping doesn't sound intriguing, you've never listened to Radiolab. What surprised me most was how scripted and thought-out the hosts' material was, yet they still coming across on the air as spontaneous and natural.

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WATCH: BLOG WATCH> World's Most Expensive Barbie Demystified On WNYC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diamonds, Barbie Doll, Mattel, Barbie, Breast Cancer, Wnyc, Auction, Stefano Canturi, Christies, Video, Arts News

Ah, yes, the breast cancer donation, the savviest of all humanitarian contributions. How many marketing meetings have ended with just such a plan to w...

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Palin Time?

Robert Davey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wnyc, Michael Joseph Gross, Sarah Palin, Vanity Fair, Media News

It seems that whoever tells the biggest, most barefaced lies wins, because reporters dutifully note down all sorts of absolute rubbish and then regurgitate it on the news pages.

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Christopher Walken On Hosting 'The Leonard Lopate Show'

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Easton, Christopher Walken, Wnyc, The Leonard Lopate Show, Zoe Kazan, Lidia Bastianich, Jack O?Brien, Behanding, New York News

Listeners who tuned in Monday to "The Leonard Lopate Show" on WNYC expecting to hear its regular host got an unusual surprise: Christopher Walken, the...

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'Tis a Pity She's No Longer a Whore -- Times Square Cultural Armageddon

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Duchovny Sex Addiction, Puccini, Nyc, Revelations, End-of-Days, Fife, The Rapture, George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Sondheim, Satan, West Side Story, God, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Jesus, Pagan, Wagner, Moses, Tim LaHaye, Dallas, Heaven, Bible, Techno-Addiction, Avatar, Hades, Apocalypto, John Doyle, Bach, Carousel, Pornography, Wnyc, Mel Gibson, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Wicker Man, Richard Rodgers, Synth, Arts News

And they said things were bad in the 70's. The dirt, the porno shops, the Disco. All that is now a fond memory for many New Yorkers who gamely braved that bit of Hades to attend a real Broadway musical.

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Reconstructing Haiti: The Role of the Diaspora in the Process Ahead

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ezili Danto, Christoper C. Stout, April R. Silver, Haiti Children, Gary Pierre-Pierre, Rose Pierre-Louis, Bazelais Jean-Baptist, Wnyc, The Greene Space, Revitalize Haiti, Haiti Future, Haiti Economic Recovery, New York News, WNYC the Takeaway, Farai Chideya, New York News

There is that old saying, "It takes a village to raise a child." In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, the refrain can now be adapted to read,...

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How Do We Become Fat?

Fred Hahn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leonard Lopate, Fat, Wnyc, Carbohydrates, WNYC Public Radio, Gary Taubes, Please Explain, Weight Gain, Insulin Resistance, Obesity in America, Weight Loss Tips, Losing-Weight-by-Sleeping, Obesity Research, Obesity Epidemic, Insulin, Healthy Living News

You can't exercise your fat away ladies and gentlemen. You have to speak the correct language to your body if you wish it to release fat from your fat cells.

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NYT Sells WQXR For $45 Million

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, Wnyc, Wqxr, Radio, New York Times Radio Station, Media News

NEW YORK — The New York Times Co. is selling its classical music station and exiting the radio business. The Times is selling WQXR-FM in a thre...

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Executive Interns -- Reinventing Yourself over 40

Linda Franklin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Reinventing Yourself, Age, Women Over 40, Cougar-Women, Internships, Cougar Women, Interning, WNYC Public Radio, Middle Aged Interns, Wnyc, Cougars, Interns, New York-New York, Healthy Living News

The Human Resources Department couldn't believe I -- a woman over age 40 -- wanted to be an intern, but after I sold them on the idea, they offered me a job.

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30 Issues In 30 Days: Nominate An Issue for the Brian Lehrer Program

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wnyc, 30 Issues 30 Days, Election Coverage 2008, WNYC OffTheBus Instapundit, Wisdom of Crowds, Brian Lehrer, Home News

OffTheBus is collaborating with Brian Lehrer and WNYC Radio on their "30 Issues In 30 Days." Here's a brief project intro from none other than the hos...

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Upstart Radio Program Looks To Challenge NPR's "Morning Edition"

New York Times | OE NOCERA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NPR Morning Edition, Npr, Wnyc, Media News

Just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday, in a spacious but dilapidated studio belonging to WNYC in New York, a veteran public radio broadcaster named John Hocke...

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