March 2012
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Lady Gaga at Harvard: “It’s okay to...
February 2012
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WatchUrban chicken farming: Still hard to do in Boston, but maybe not for long. This family’s already … we’re sorry for what we’re about to say here … egg-gaged. (Story.)
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Boston Phoenix reporter Chris Faraone on spending...
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“What we’ve had this winter is weather, it’s not climate. But what we’ve seen...”
– Hector Galbraith, director of climate change initiatives at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. All this week, we look at climate change in New England. (Story.)
Kickstarter Expects to Provide More Funding Than... →
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WatchFrom the WGBH vault: This is the first day of school at Charlestown High in 1975, when court-ordered desegregation began. We return to that school in 2012 to find out what’s changed. Answer: a lot. (Story.)
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WatchNobel laureate Lawrence Summers says the economy is absolutely on the right track. Do you dare to disagree? (Story.)
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— Red Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino has high...
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“We can’t go to any events in the...
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Elizabeth Warren on Joseph Kennedy III
HOST EMILY ROONEY: Have you met Joe, by the way?
ELIZABETH WARREN: Joe was my student! I’ve known Joe for a long time.
ROONEY: Give us some insight. Was he a good student?
WARREN: He was when I got through.
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There are more important parts of the “Greater Boston” interview than that. But. (Story.)
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WatchTime to make the donuts … that is, the Easter egg malted-milk balls. Factory (and business plan) tour! (Story.)
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“We should go to the dark side and say Divorce Me.”
– Necco mad scientist Jeff Green. Actually, the process of coming up with the sayings on those candy hearts is lengthy, involved and now crowdsourced. (Story.)
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WatchMeet Rashida Ellis, a 16-year-old boxer who’s defeating women twice her age. (More.)
“JIM FINGAL: Hi, John. I’m the intern who’s been assigned to fact-check your...”
– From The Lifespan of a Fact, by writer John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, published in February 2012 by W. W. Norton. In 2005, as an intern at The Believer, Fingal began fact-checking D’Agata’s article on the 2002 suicide of Las Vegas teenager Levi Presley. The book is based on emails exchanged by...
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The 'This is NPR' blog is looking for love...
nprdigitalsvcs:
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tballardbrown:
….NPR love that is. If you are an NPR groupie or fanatic, we want to know just how much. We are currently accepting photos, videos, songs, etc., by email to thisisnpr at npr dot org. We’ve got some submissions, but with less than a week left there is still plenty of time to show the love. Check out the blog: This is NPR
And look, George Takei loves NPR!...
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WatchFormer House speaker Sal DiMasi’s been in Kentucky serving an eight-year sentence for corruption — but now he’s back up north and it’s making people on Beacon Hill quake in their boots. (Story.)
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“You’re wasting your time talking to...
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“I gotta believe that these pimps and...
Where to start. Where to start.
babesofnpr:
“Oddly funny, moderately creepy.” Thanks, New York Observer!
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WatchWe discuss the 30-year-old feud that got re-ignited on WGBH News’ Greater Boston, and watch part of the segment we opted not to air. Yes, there’s an explanation. (Story.)
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Watch“Your zipcode determines your life chances. It ought not be that way.” — Gov. Deval Patrick on WGBH’s “Basic Black.” (Story.)
“Opinions took a back seat. Opinions were not attractive. This is stuff I...”
– This hour on 89.7 Boston Public Radio:
Meryl Streep, on changing her behavior as a teenager to get dates and be popular (via nprfreshair)
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“When I got laid off back in October of 2009, I sensed that the thing to do was...”
– Doug Arnold of Mansfield, Mass., responds to our report about whether community colleges are a feasible bet for out-of-work adults. (Story.)