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NEWS ABOUT: NPR

NPR stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Obama adviser David Axelrod took the bait and appeared for a taping last night of NPR’s quiz show, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!—with by turns earnest and hilarious results, Politico reports. When host Peter Sagal asked if he’d been in on the presidential pooch... More »

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entertainment • radio • Peter Sagal • David Axelrod • NPR • National Public Radio • Obama administration • Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! • quiz show

 Ali: Nothing Has Defeated Me 


Apr 7, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - When NPR asked Muhammad Ali to weigh in for its “This I Believe” series, the boxing legend’s response was simple. “I have always believed in myself,” he said, in an essay read on the air by his wife, Lonnie. “And I still do.” Ali... More »

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Parkinson's disease • Muhammad Ali • confidence • NPR

opinion

 Globalization Is 
 Changing Our Brains 


Mar 29, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having boogied in 70 countries on all seven continents, Matt Harding concludes that “globalization is forcing our brains to evolve." Known via the Internet for dancing poorly with locals in far-flung locations, Harding argues that our brains were designed for social interaction within a small tribe—but we... More »

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evolution • globalization • brain • tribes • NPR • cavemen • social behavior

NPR Snagged Most Listeners Ever in '08

23.6M tuned in, but public radio still faces budget shortages

Mar 24, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s one growth story in the otherwise moribund news media industry, and it’s downright old fashioned: National Public Radio. Riding its hugely popular “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” shows, NPR had more listeners than ever in 2008—23.6 million a week—up 8.7%... More »

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news • newsroom cuts • NPR • National Public Radio

 US Journalist 
 Vanishes After 
 Wine-Buying 
 Bust in Iran 

Father hasn't heard from her since call from jail in January

Mar 2, 09 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A North Dakota woman working as a freelance journalist has disappeared in Iran following her arrest for buying wine, her distraught dad told the New York Daily News. Roxana Saberi, 31, called her father from an Iranian jail in January and he hasn't heard from her since. A store owner... More »

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Iran • BBC • Islamic Sharia law • North Dakota • journalist • NPR • Roxana Saberi

Ex-NPR Editor Nabbed for
Child Porn

Busted weeks after
Fox News producer
in similar case

Feb 27, 09 8:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Looks like kiddie porn is a bipartisan offense: just 2 weeks after a Fox News producer was arrested on child porn charges, a former NPR editor has been nabbed over the stuff, the Smoking Gun reports. David Malakoff, who worked in DC, is named in a felony criminal document charging... More »

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Fox News • child pornography • NPR • Aaron Bruns

opinion

 Why 
 Terry  
 Gross  
 Is Great 
 

NPR host's interview of Bill Ayers is absolutely textbook

Nov 20, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Terry Gross is one of the best interviewers in the business, and her recent session with Bill Ayers proves why, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic. The host of NPR’s Fresh Air avoids common modern pitfalls: She’s neither attack dog nor lapdog, and doesn’t try to prove... More »

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NPR • interview • Bill Ayers • Terry Gross

 Cellist Runs 
 Church of 
 Beethoven 

Albuquerque arts devotees start secular Church of Beethoven in old gas station

Nov 16, 08 6:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Congregants gather on Sundays at an old gas station in Albuquerque to greet friends, ponder the divine, and listen to classical music, NPR reports. Espresso-sipping members of the Church of Beethoven also listen to poetry readings and engage in group song, but don't need to have religious beliefs. Cellist Felix... More »

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music • art • classical music • church • NPR • Albuquerque

Most Americans Lack Basic Political Knowledge: Survey

Less than 42% know Condi runs State; acumen better among highbrow-mag readers

Oct 16, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only 18% of Americans can correctly name the current secretary of state, Britain’s prime minister and which party controls the US House, a LiveScience survey finds. Among the survey’s 3,612-person sample, more than half correctly said that the Democrats have a majority in the House, while 42%... More »

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education • New Yorker magazine • Gordon Brown • news • Public Knowledge • NPR • The Atlantic

Car Talk Bros Get Animated, Dis Gas-Guzzling Heaps

Click and Clack to star in PBS cartoon, pessimistic Nova episode

Apr 20, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - NPR’s chuckling Car Talk guys Tom and Ray Magliozzi are about to become even more animated—with a new cartoon series of themselves on PBS. But their view on the heaps they've helped drivers patch up for the past 30 years isn't so funny, Newsweek reports. Click and Clack's... More »

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television • gas • vehicle emissions • green energy • mpg • PBS • auto • hybrid car • NPR • Car Talk • Ray Magliozzi • Tom Magliozzi

NPR Prez Abruptly Resigns 

Board turned off
by his new-media
expansion plans

Mar 7, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - National Public Radio chief executive Ken Stern stepped down yesterday amid increasing static from the board about his ambitious plans for the network, reports the Washington Post. Stern oversaw rapid expansion that boosted revenue from $65 million to $200 million since joining NPR in 1999, and made the organization into... More »

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radio • radio stations • broadcasting • podcasts • new media • NPR

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