Alex Blumberg used to be a producer for This American Life. He also co-founded NPR's Planet Money. He recently left public radio to launch his own podcast production company, called Gimlet Media. They've already got two podcasts out, with a third on the way. He says, with smart phones and Wi-Fi enabled cars, people have more opportunity to listen to what they want, when they want.
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It was a snowy day. Susan B. Anthony invited Frederick Douglass to tea. Author Dean Robbins reads from "Two Friends," his new picture for kids.
Is this... a date?
Should I ..? Are we going to..?
A story from Marilyn Pittman.
Amy Gorman's book "Aging Artfully" led to a documentary by Greg Norman called "Still Kicking," profiling six artistic women.
Reporter Ann Hepperman examines the impact Starbucks has had on Flagstaff, Arizona. It’s the homogenization of American culture vs. reliably good coffee!
What's the real meaning of Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus"? Philosopher Mark Rowlands unpacks this classic fable about life's meaning and absurdity.
Andrea di Robilant is an Italian journalist from an old Venetian family who's made a novel out of the story contained in some letters from his family's attic.
Anne Strainchamps talks with Anne Fadiman about her book “Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love.”
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