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Radio Roundup: The Week of 2/3/12

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Since my college days as a student radio host, I’ve been a sucker for good radio and it’s inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here’s the recap of my favorite bits from the wireless over the past week. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Here’s The Thing – Lorne Michaels January 30, 2012 – Lorne Michaels is one of the most influential figures in American entertainment. … Continue reading

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Radio Roundup: The Week of 1/27/12

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Since my college days as a student radio host, I’ve been a sucker for good radio and it’s inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here’s a weekly recap of my favorite bits from the wireless over the past week. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Here’s The Thing – Lorne Michaels (preview) January 23, 2012 – In this short preview of the next episode of Here’s … Continue reading

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Radio Roundup: The Week of 1/16

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Since my college days as a student radio host, I’ve been a sucker for good radio and it’s inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here’s a weekly recap of my favorite bits from the wireless over the past week. Enjoy. Here’s The Thing January 16, 2012 – Alec Baldwin talks with director Joe Berlinger about his latest film for HBO Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory — the … Continue reading

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Louis C.K.’s Brilliant Digital Move

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Perhaps you have heard by now that the brilliant comic Louis C.K.’s newest comedy special, Live at the Beacon Theater, is available exclusively through his Web site: louisck.com. No middle man. No studio. No cable. No label. And it’s completely digital, which means no packaging or physical DVD, no shipping costs and no printing costs. (Though you can burn the HD mp4 file to a DVD if you like.) It all happens through Louis’s site… for $5.00. Not only is … Continue reading

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Alec Baldwin + Mary Karr on Studio 360

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On March 26, 2010, Alec Baldwin stood in for Kurt Andersen as guest host of Studio 360 (PRI). In this segment, his guest was author Mary Karr, who’d just published a new memoir called ‘Lit’ about her struggles with drugs and alcohol. It’s a terrific conversation between two intelligent and funny people… To listen to Alec’s entire show, which also featured a great talk with Laura Linney, click this link: http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2010/03/26 I hope you enjoy it as much as I … Continue reading

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The NPR iPhone App

I’m a bit of an NPR junkie.  By day, I usually listen to WNYC, NPR’s New York affiliate, which features mostly local programming like The Brian Lehrer Show (10am – 12pm), The Leonard Lopate Show (12pm – 2pm) and Soundcheck (3pm – 4pm). The rest of the programming day is left mostly to NPR programming like Fresh Air with Terry Gross and On The Media. To make my addiction to public radio even more convenient, NPR has released an amazing … Continue reading

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