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WATCH: Andy Richter & Reggie Watts Make Up Fake New TV Shows

Posted 04.17.2012

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Well, this one is simply a delight. Last week, Andy Richter and Reggie Watts used their improvisational gifts to great effect on Minnesota Public Radi...

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The Last Oasis of Free and Independent Music

Nellie McKay | Posted 04.05.2012

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Nellie McKay

"The culture wars are over and culture lost." So said Bill Maher not long ago. There are times when I think that's just about right. But then I turn on the radio and realize that there are indeed places where culture is alive and kicking.

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The Power of a ' Community Voice' Movement

Duane Elgin | Posted 01.18.2012

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Duane Elgin

To meet the challenges of our times, we must transcend our partisan differences long enough to recognize our common need for a system of civic conversation that serves us all.

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Michael Calderone

New NPR CEO Gary Knell Hopes To 'Depoliticize' Public Radio Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- NPR named Gary Knell as president and CEO on Sunday, ending more than six months of speculation about who would lead the media organizatio...

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Bob Edwards: A Voice in the Box

Don McNay | Posted 11.08.2011

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Don McNay

The "juicy part" of the book was the story of Edwards' controversial firing from Morning Edition. Although Bob does not dig up a lot of dirty laundry on people in the book, he does tell his story completely and fully.

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Legendary Radio Host Says He's Retiring

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — Garrison Keillor plans to keep spinning tales of Lake Wobegon's Norwegian bachelor farmers for at least a couple more years, but t...

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GOP Plays NPR Card to Limbaughize the Media

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP assault on NPR has, as it always had, the sole aim to cower the mainstream media and shove it even further to the right.

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College Radio: You Will Be Assimilated

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tracy Rosenberg

College radio is part of the diverse package of community media voices around the country that keep the radio waves open to the public, training millions of young people in technology.

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How Will You Show Some Love? Reinventing Valentine's Day

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Greenblatt

It's certainly a special thing when we pause to appreciate our loved ones. But perhaps we can raise our game in 2011 and do a bit more on this date.

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Public Radio's 'Marketplace' Gets Book Section

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The show "Marketplace," which is heard on public radio stations nationwide, is collecting all its books coverage in a new section of its website, dubb...

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Confessions of a Book Slut

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lev Raphael

For as long as I can remember, I was a monogamous reader. I'd start a book and read it straight through no matter how much time that took. Now I'm a book slut.

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Veterans Day

Bob Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Edwards

When I was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, I complained every day. I was totally opposed to the war in Southeast Asia, and I hate jingoism. But still, I am proud to be a vet.

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PHOTOS: RADIO: Karen Elson, Nobel-Prize Winners And Mad Men, All On KCRW's October Top Ten

Posted 05.25.2011

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From interviews with the creators of Mad Men and writers like Mario Vargas-LLosa, to live musical appearances on their Morning Becomes Eclectic music ...

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APRIL FOOLS: Faux Letterman's Chicago Public Radio Prank

Posted 05.25.2011

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A man who does a mean David Letterman impression opened WBEZ's Chicago news program "Eight Forty Eight" Thursday morning, pretending that the New York...

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Healthcare: in the post-game booth with James Morone

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Lydon

"Show him a poltical near-death experience, and this guy rallies!" James Morone has been telling us all along that healthcare politics was peculiarly...

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Pakistan's Chronic Crisis with Itself

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Lydon

In this "Year of India" at Brown, we are talking again about the Pakistan question next door -- about India's nuclear-armed neighbor and sibling, on the verge, some say, of meltdown.

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Yehudi Wyner's life in music: composer with piano hands

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Lydon

Yehudi Wyner is an approachable guy in a forbidding field: contemporary "serious" music. He gives us an opening here to ask where new sounds come fr...

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Rebecca Goldstein's Ontological Urge: the 36 Arguments

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Lydon

Who knew that the God question is burning bright in our university neighborhood of brain scientists, mathematicians, computer geniuses, game theorists...

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The End of a Public-Radio Era

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Shearer

When Ruth Seymour announced earlier this week her retirement as general manager of Santa Monica's pioneering public-radio station, KCRW, it really did mark the end of an era.

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Space Shuttle Endeavour

Bob Edwards | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bob Edwards

As NASA lit that candle and sent Endeavour into space, I got the rush of a lifetime! More brave human beings were putting their lives on the line so that we will all know a little more about the universe.

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KCRW Presents Left, Right and Center Onstage for Post-Election On-Air Live Broadcast

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost Radio

On Sunday, Nov. 9th from 6 to 7 pm (PST), Left, Right & Center... takes to the stage before a live audience for a special one-hour broadcast.

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Bush's 2009 Budget Calls For Slashing Public TV Funding

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Public broadcasting officials vowed Monday to fight drastic cuts President Bush is seeking to make to federal financing for public television and radi...

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