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Barbara & Shannon Kelley: You Rule Breaker, You

2012-05-30T15:24:03Z

If rules were made to be broken, why are so many of us so afraid of breaking them?

Read more: Npr, Barry Schwartz, Practical Wisdom, Breaking the Rules, Being True to Yourself, Ted, Identity, Common Sense, What Should I Do With My Life?, Women News

An NPR Cruise

2012-05-25T13:53:00Z

As if taking an "A Prairie Home Companion" cruise wasn't enough, NPR has signed the likes of Michele Norris and David Greene to take a 16-night cruise...

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Ira Glass Condemns Commencement Speeches In Commencement Speech

2012-05-23T15:29:40Z

Ira Glass, host of This American Life, which airs on public radio stations, gave the commencement speech at Goucher College in Baltimore on May 18 whe...

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Jane Shure: A Mother's Silence Gave Her Daughter A Voice

2012-05-21T13:24:01Z

As women, we know what it's like to be tired and we keep doing what needs to be done. What if we applied the same attitude to fear, seeing it as something we live with rather than something to paralyze us?

Read more: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Resilience, Motherhood, Self-Esteem, Mothers and Daughters, Radio Times, Terry Tempest Williams, Npr, Marty Moss-Coane, Audre Lord, Women News

NPR Facing Upcoming Crisis?

2012-05-17T10:29:21Z

NPR's new chief executive is signaling that there may be some static ahead for the radio and digital news organization.

Halfway through its fiscal ...

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POLL: 41 Percent Say Organ Donors Should Get Cash

2012-05-17T08:15:00Z

Part of what is so inspiring about donating an organ is the selfless nature of the act. The giver doesn't expect anything in return.

But with more...

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Peter J. Woolley: Fox News Does Not Make You Dumb: Researchers Respond to Critics

2012-05-15T17:29:14Z

NPR and Jon Stewart's Daily Show came out on top as the most informative, making the schadenfreude all the more delicious for Fox-haters, and the twisting of the liberal knife-in-the-back all the more painful for Fox fans. But how did it come to that?

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Jim Luce: At Cipriani: 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage

2012-05-14T13:31:42Z

This year, a luncheon hosted by the Women's Refugee Commission focused on the need to protect and empower displaced adolescent girls -- one of the most vulnerable groups within a refugee setting.

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11 Great Quotations From Maurice Sendak

2012-05-08T17:55:00Z

Maurice Sendak, the legendary author and illustrator, passed away on Tuesday at 83.

While he was the author and/or illustrator of more than 50 book...

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Michael Roth: Beyond Information Transfer: An Initiation Into Lifelong Learning

2012-05-04T10:47:07Z

Our campuses should be places where diversity leads to learning as students come to see differences among people as a deep resource for solving problems and seeking opportunities. Online education can complement this educational environment. But it does not replace the need for it.

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: What's Going On: The Youth Radio Remix

2012-05-02T19:13:04Z

If there aren't enough musicians these days producing albums that will help Americans cope...we can always reach back into the vault.

Read more: Poverty, Youth Radio, Crime, Vietnam War, War, Npr, Violence, Brandon Mcfarland, All Things Considered, What's Going on Now, America, Urban, Marvin Gaye, Kennedy Center, Veterans, Video, Entertainment News

J.D. Roth: Is Your Spending Normal?

2012-05-01T16:29:36Z

Do you like to compare your spending to a broader average? What are your favorite sources for comparing numbers? Do you worry when your spending on, say, housing is far greater than the norm? Or do you just figure different people have different priorities?

Read more: Personal Finance, Spending, Money, Consumer Expenditure Survey, Npr, Consumer Price Index, Earning, Savings, Housing, Money News

Charlotte Wilder: On Nostalgia: It Doesn't Come in Cycles, and It Doesn't Mean We're Miserable

2012-04-23T11:54:13Z

There is no telling what era will capture our imaginations at any given time, and there is no reason we have to be unhappy now to want to explore or rework the past.

Read more: Mad Men, 1960s, Npr, The New Yorker, The Past, Adam Gopnick, Nostalgia, Linda Holmes, Culture News

Scott Walters: Defending Mr. Daisey, Part 2: Big Fact, Little Fact

2012-04-17T10:55:57Z

Did Marketplace's Rob Schmitz really think that, on a tour of the facility arranged by Apple and Foxxconn that he would meet underaged workers, people poisoned on the job, or people who had been hurt in a explosion?

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Debra Ollivier: NPR Tackles Big Issues Facing The Sandwich Generation

2012-04-17T10:03:00Z

Beginning April 17, NPR will broadcast a series following the lives of three different families, providing intimate insight into the complexities and challenges of being a caregiver to two generations.

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Vivian Norris: Fukushima's Nuclear Nightmare Is Far From Over (or the Disturbingly Deadly Act of Placing Profits Before People)

2012-04-17T08:10:18Z

Why does Fukushima still matter? Because no matter what TEPCO or the authorities have claimed, the reactors and the fuel pools are unstable.

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WATCH: Fox News Hosts Passionate Concern About Sesame Street

2012-04-13T12:07:00Z

"Fox & Friends" hosts shared a deep concern after they reported on a judicial ruling that allows NPR and PBS to run political ads: how will this new r...

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Susan Harrow: James Bond Brand Shaken Up: Swigging Heineken in New Movie Skyfall

2012-04-10T17:44:46Z

Famed for his signature beverage of a vodka martini "shaken, not stirred," Bond has caved to down the brew for a purported 45 million dollar marketing deal from Heineken.

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WATCH: Federal Employee Raps About Agency's Lavish Spending

2012-04-06T16:40:32Z

If you're a federal employee, it may be best not to rap about your agency's lavish spending, or you "rolling on 20s, yeah, in my G.O.V." And yes, G.O....

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Kevin K. Murphy: Will the Death of Traditional Journalism Permanently Change Philanthropy?

2012-04-06T15:46:33Z

Setting aside the silly notion that no newsroom decision was ever made while considering advertiser reaction, most of the old media types have no alternative ideas.

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Rob_Tannenbaum: A Song for Passover: "They Tried To Kill Us, We Survived, Let's Eat"

2012-04-06T08:47:51Z

Not long ago, I became dissatisfied with the lack of great Passover songs, and I decided to write one. The accuracy of this song is compromised by my shocking ignorance of actual history. But it is an accurate reflection of the Jewish education I experienced.

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WATCH: Why Wedding Dresses Are So Expensive

2012-04-03T15:32:41Z

When Caitlin Kenney, producer of NPR's Planet Money, got married in May 2011, she paid more than $2,700 for her gown.

That seemed expensive, so Ken...

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Why The Simple School Lunch Burger Patty Has 26 Ingredients

2012-04-02T17:22:49Z

The school burger has gotten more than its share of the spotlight lately as parents set off a media firestorm in a rally to remove the controversial, ...

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Andy Plesser: (video) NBC News See Upside in Radio with the Advent of the "Connected Car"

2012-03-27T21:27:25Z

Radio is "the most durable" form of media, says Vivian Schiller, Chief Digital Officer of NBC News and former NPR CEO in this video. And, its v...

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Was Bach The Original DJ?

2012-03-26T15:25:22Z

Last week in honor of Bach's birthday NPR declared it "Goldberg Week", honoring the enthralling and eternally puzzling Goldberg Variations.

The Va...

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