Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Dave Moore in his flying suit.
Photo:Max Nash.
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May 16, 2012It's time to try defying gravity.
You'd think we'd get accustomed to the sight of a person taking flight but we don't. When it happens in "Wicked" you can feel pulses race all over the theater. When I took my kid, years ago, to see Cathy Rigby in "Peter Pan," I inexplicably choked up when she... read more
From garage labs to space telescopes, how are amateurs driving America forward?
Flickr Creative Commons, Horia Varlan
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May 14, 2012Jack Hitt will speak at R.J. Julia Booksellers Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
Today I got into a Twitter debate with a guy who thinks the press spends too much time covering candidates who aren't really legitimate contenders.
I'm on the other side of that these days. I told him I think anybo... read more
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May 11, 2012Maybe we all live in the United States of Cranbrook.
By that, I mean that we're all faced with choices, all the time, about how much we're goin... read more
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May 10, 2012It's just a dance, right?
Actually, maybe that's the last thing the prom is. Maybe the photo is even more important, because it freezes you. It... read more
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May 9, 2012Lunch here at WNPR is both a sad and a joyous affair.
Those people who work on this show have, of course, almost no time for lunch. We mostly e... read more
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May 8, 2012Children's book author and Connecticut resident Maurice Sendak died this morning at the age of 83 in Danbury.
Sendak moved to Ridgefield, Conn... read more
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May 7, 2012[TRANSCRIPT] Host: Honey bees help produce nearly one-third of the food we consume every day ... and beekeepers dedicate their lives to protecting... read more
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May 7, 2012Why are we doing a show about spoons?
There are two ways to answer that question. Our basic philosophy is that anything can be made interesting... read more
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May 4, 2012Today on The Nose, we link together a series of only marginally related stories.
We'll start with the amusing tale of Michael Wolff, a well-kno... read more
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May 3, 2012Lately I've been trying to get to the gym more often, but of course the gym is full of people transferring germs onto equipment and, if I get sick,... read more
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May 2, 2012Twenty years ago, I got interested in those plastic -- usually white plastic -- outdoor chairs. "Resin casual furniture," as they were known in the... read more
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Apr 27, 2012Why do we have such terrible political arguments? Are we really so divided?
Topics like abortion, the death penalty, gun control, drug policy,... read more
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Apr 27, 2012Some weeks are inexplicably more scandalous than others.
This week began with a probe into millions of dollars in apparent bribes by Walmart of... read more
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Apr 24, 2012The best advertisement for our show on walking today is right out my window. I have a view of the sidewalk Wallace Stevens walked every day for 39... read more
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Apr 23, 2012We know that music, pets, and exercise make us feel good - but did you know they can also make our aging brains stronger?
It used to be that g... read more
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Apr 20, 2012There are many versions of the so-called "Proust questionnaire," which is meant to tease out a portrait of a person based on hopes, dreads, likes a... read more
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Apr 19, 2012There's been a lot of talk lately about the failure of the Pulitzer board to award a prize in fiction this year, and so today we're taking an in-de... read more
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Apr 17, 2012Sure, we’ve got more choice than ever before.
But do you ever wonder what happens to all that food on the shelves that doesn’t get bought - and eaten?
Journalist Jonathan Bloom is author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food and What We Can Do About It.... read more
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Apr 17, 2012Sure, we’ve got more choice than ever before.
But do you ever wonder what happens to all that food on the shelves that doesn’t get bought - an... read more
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Apr 16, 2012
Does what we eat control our thoughts and feelings? After many studies, a neuroscientist says it's true.
... read more
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