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Book Trailers and Future of Publishing

Liz Dubelman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Online Promotion, Publishing, Kindle, Ipod, The Moth, Book Promotion, Book Publishing, Internet, Youtube, Books, This American Life, Book Trailers, Vidlit, Books News
Liz Dubelman

Books need to come out faster and in all forms -- audio, digital, and enhanced, which means skillfully embedding audio and visuals to enrich, not interrupt, the reading experience.

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The Must-Read Healthcare Stories Of October

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: News Hunt, Healthcare Reform, Newstrust, This American Life, Healthcare, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

It might be insider baseball, but the split in reporting on how Democrats secured Snowe's vote shows the extent to which the health care reform battle has gone on behind closed doors.

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Mike Birbiglia Talks Red Carpets, His Awkwardness, And Dust-Bustering In His Sleep

Rip Empson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Awkward, Sleepwalk With Me, Two Drink Mike, Stand-Up, Theater, Storytelling, Mitch Hedberg, Nathan Lane, Dog Years, Justin Long, Steven-Wright, Michael Cera, Seth Barrish, Comedians, Paper Heart, Comedy Central, Awkwardness, The Late Show With David Letterman, Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalking, My Secret Public Journal Live, This American Life, Publicity, Comedy News, Comedy, Drama-Desk, Home News
Rip Empson

Whenever people say, 'wait, how come you're not funny?' Or something like that, I'm always like, 'if I said to you casually the stuff that I say on stage, it would get really uncomfortable.'

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Jason Linkins

Fake And Real Outrages In The Health Care Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama-Health-Care-Press-Conference, Barack Obama, This American Life, Obama Press Conference, Media News

The latest faux outrage in the debate over health care reform has to do with the terrible way President Barack Obama has treated doctors. Over the we...

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So You Wanna Sound Like You Listen to NPR...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: A Prarie Home Companion, Mo Rocca, Humor, Click and Clack, Car Talk, Satire, Garrison Keillor, Npr, All Things Considered, This American Life, Paula Poundstone, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Make sure to donate $20, or just head to your local goodwill, and find yourself one of those canvas totes. Then you can carry around your new-found sense of superiority with you at all times.

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The Simple Arithmetic of the Mortgage Crisis Debunks Right Wing Media Narratives

David Fiderer | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Darrell Issa, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barney Frank, Rick Santelli Rant, Mortgage Crisis, Paulson Bailout, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, This American Life, Republicans, Bailout Outrage, Business News
David Fiderer

Many talking heads lack a command of the data, so much coverage of the financial crisis remains vague and anecdotal. For businessmen, the narrative is always framed by the numbers, the bottom line.

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Escapism Is Not An Option

Hagai El-Ad | Posted 02.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Gaza, Middle East, War, Arab-Israeli Conflict, This American Life, Mars Rover, Morrissey, World News
Hagai El-Ad

When I was younger, or so the legends go, the wars here were more robust. They used to come once a decade or so, coherent, conventional, with a clear ...

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Culture Builds Character and Connections

Danny Groner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Outliers, The Pages in Between, Relationships, Erin Einhorn, Books, Tenement Museum, Malcolm Gladwell, This American Life, Barnes and Noble, Culture, Living News
Danny Groner

Gladwell discusses the factors that helped some of the most successful people achieve what they have. He posits that nurture matters exceedingly more than nature.

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As the Media Changes, So Does My El Commute

Greg Boose | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Mark Bazer, Ipod, Tv on the Radio, Nintendo DS, The New Yorker, Dan Savage, Eat Pray Love, Jimmy Greenfield, The Loop, Keith Olbermann, Redeye, Npr, El Train, Brown Line, Ira Glass, Blackberry, Time Out Chicago, This American Life, Podcast, The Believer, Chicago News
Greg Boose

My morning Brown Line commute has evolved over this past year, and it's not only because I'm now getting on at the Francisco stop rather than squeezing on at Southport.

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