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The Anthologist: Pining For The Four-Beat Rhythm Poem

Christopher Lydon | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

Read More: Books, The Anthologist, Audio, New Books, Nick Baker, Poetry, Nicholson Baker, Books News

Nicholson Baker is a writer who can talk the afternoon away in the quirky, wise, erudite, fluidly funny high style that we know on the page as Nick Bakeresque.

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Heidi DeJong Barsuglia Denies Mike Duvall Affair: Energy Lobbyist Reinstated After Recorded Sex Talk

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Mike Duvall Affair, On Tape, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Audio, Mike Duvall, Recorded, Duvall, Barsuglia, Lobbyist, Sex Chat, Microphone, Video, Sex Talk, Sex Conversation, Sempra Energy, Yorba Linda, Gop, Heidi Dejong Barsuglia, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former California lawmaker was caught on tape bragging a...

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Laura Ingraham Rips Cable's 'Balloon Boy' Coverage: "Puts Egg On All Of Our Faces" (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

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Cable news networks' rather breathless coverage of the 'balloon boy' saga has come in for its share of media criticism from across the political spect...

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Britney Spears' "3": New Song Is About Threesomes

Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Max Martin, 3, Threesomes, Britney Spears, Sex, Britney Spears 3, Audio, Listen, Music, Sweden, Menage a Trois, Entertainment News

Britney Spears' new single "3" premiered on a New York radio station today. The song is about threesomes. The New York Daily News: News flash...

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Daily Pulse: Adele Stan Talks Teabaggers (Audio)

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Teabaggers, Corporations, Adele Stan, Audio, /12, Tea Party, Interview, Podcast, Media News

Last Saturday, veteran right wing watcher Adele Stan of AlterNet covered the Tax Payers' March on Washington (aka the 912 March or the DC Tea Party). ...

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Mike Duvall: Recorded Sex Comments Cost California GOP Lawmaker His Job

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses crea...

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LISTEN: Senate Narrowly Votes Down Gun Measure

Jerome Halligan | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Audio, Gun Rights, Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Gun Control, Senate, Guns, Comedy News

Allen: I have one bill that I'm working on with Senator Sessions that will allow children to bring their parents' guns to school for show and tell. And if that goes down, well, then I just don't understand this country anymore.

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Sudan Civil War Peace Teeters Back Towards Violence (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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Conflict and bloodshed in Sudan are not limited to the Darfur region -- separate crises are flaring in the north, the south and in the central Nu...

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Stateless People Number Up To 15 Million People Worldwide (AUDIO)

WorldFocus.org | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Julia Harrington, Jews, Citizenship, Dominican Republic, Bill Berkeley, Ben Piven, Tutsi, Gaza, Dawn Calabia, Foreign Affairs, Palestine, Lisa Biagiotti, Adam Hussein Adam, Haitians, Stateless to Statehood, Barack Obama, Adam Hussein, Tune In, Roma, Human Rights, Samira Trad, Haiti, Statelessness, Tutsis, Weekly Webcast, Europe, Katie Combs, Stateless People, Advocacy, Nubians, Audio, World News

Imagine you have no birth certificate, no passport and no legal rights. You're trapped in the country where you were born, but no document indica...

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Argentina's Farming Crisis Worsens Under President Kirchner (AUDIO)

WorldFocus.org | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Audio, Argentina Farming Crisis, Argentina, Argentina Farming, President Cristina FernáNdez De Kirchner, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The debate over agricultural policy in Argentina could pave the way for political transformation. The country was once the world's biggest exporte...

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Still the Mind

Peter Clothier | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Audio, Meditation, Buddhism, Breathing, Living News

The meditation experience can take numerous forms but Bodhipaksa's special gift is to show us how the experience can be a deeply pleasurable one.

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GOP Rep. Don Manzullo On Waterboarding: "Apparently Doesn't Work," "More Torture Than Not"

Progress Illinois | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Don Manzullo apparently disagrees with his GOP colleague John Shimkus on the issue of "enhanced interrogations," according to the comments he mad...

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Marty Tirrell, Larry Cotlar Radio Argument Includes 12 On-Air F-Bombs

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 04.22.2009 | Media

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HuffPost tipster D.J. alerts us to this profanity-laced argument that was heard live on the air during a commercial break of a Des Moines radio show. ...

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Canadians Fiercely Debate Their Role In Afghanistan (AUDIO)

Worldfocus | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

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Three more Canadian soldiers were killed in Kandahar bringing the number of dead Canadian soldiers to 111 -- a relatively high casualty rate given t...

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Obama Curses in Fake Interview (NSFW)

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Joke, Comedy, Interview, Curses, Dreams From My Father, Humor, Barack Obama, Audio, Comedy News

Maybe it was just hearing a man so cool and dignified curse like a sailor. Here's a video I did using the those pieces of audio...

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China Deepens Ties With Africa (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Martin Savidge | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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Chinese President Hu Jintao ended his tour of four African nations this week, having promised to deepen ties with the continent. A lot of chatter ...

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Kellogg Customers More Concerned With Phelps Than Tainted Peanut Butter (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

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The Kellogg Company may have thought it was making the smart public-relations play by announcing it was not renewing its contract with Michael Phelps,...

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Why I Subscribed to My Local Print Newspaper (While Still Loving Online)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

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Within days, the local newspaper became my mini Facebook. The woman who booked our band to play at the cinema was the paper's movie critic. Writers were friends; friends became writers.

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OffTheBus Listening Post

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 06.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Recordings Press Conferences Politics, McCain Conference Calls Press, Obama Conference Calls Press, Audio, Campaign Conference Calls, Clinton Conference Calls Press, Elections 08, Recordings Press Conferences, Press Relations Campaigns, Home News

Welcome to the OffTheBus Listening Post! Here you'll find recordings of the campaign press conference calls. If you are a citizen journalist or blogge...

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Afghanistan Firefight Recorded On Soldier's Parents' Answering Machine (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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U.S. soldier Stephen Phillips, serving in Afghanistan, gave his parents a serious scare when he accidentally called his home from his cellphone during...

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John Gibson Mocks Rachel Maddow's Sexuality: "Ooh, Lesbians! Yummy!"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.10.2008 | Media

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On his radio show yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson made fun of Air America host/MSNBC analyst Rachel Maddow, playing a clip that says "Ooh, lesbia...

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Barack Obama, Michael Smerconish Radio Interview: Pakistan, al Qaida, Iraq And Illegal Immigration

Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Today, Senator Obama gave an interview to Pennsylvania radio host Michael Smerconish. The focus of the interview was on foreign policy, specifically ...

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