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Friday, January 20, 2012

MUSIC LESSONS

MUSIC LESSONS
Originally aired 06.05.1998

What's frustrating about music lessons, what's miraculous about them, and what they actually teach us. This show was recorded in front of a live audience at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, with help from KQED-FM, during the '98 Public Radio Conference in San Francisco.



NEW BEGINNINGS

NEW BEGINNINGS
Originally aired 11.17.1995

Our program's very first broadcast.



COMEDIANS OF CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPECIAL

COMEDIANS OF CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPECIAL
Originally aired 12.17.2010
The holidays are stressful so we booked a seasonal pick-me-up: an hour of comedy. Including comedians Wyatt Cenac, Mike Birbiglia, Julian McCullough, Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Edith Zimmerman. Musical guests: Dave Hill and Doug Gillard.



KID LOGIC

KID LOGIC
Originally aired 06.22.2001

Stories of kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.



WHAT I LEARNED FROM TELEVISION

WHAT I LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
Originally aired 03.16.2007

Stories recorded during our 2007 live tour. Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff, Dan Savage, and other favorite contributors went on the road with us to New York, Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles; and performed brand-new stories in front of sold-out audiences.



HUMAN RESOURCES

HUMAN RESOURCES
Originally aired 02.29.2008

The true story of little-known rooms in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of their classrooms. No reason is usually given.


ADULT CHILDREN

ADULT CHILDREN
Originally aired 05.03.1996

Stories of the difficult relationships between parents and their grown children, including two long stories from Sandra Tsing Loh about her father.


HOW TO TALK TO KIDS

HOW TO TALK TO KIDS
Originally aired 10.05.2007

Stories of adults taking very different approaches to communicating with children.


COMEDIANS OF CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPECIAL

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COMEDIANS OF CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPECIAL
Originally aired 12.17.2010
The holidays are stressful so we booked a seasonal pick-me-up: an hour of comedy. Including comedians Wyatt Cenac, Mike Birbiglia, Julian McCullough, Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Edith Zimmerman. Musical guests: Dave Hill and Doug Gillard.



HOW TO CREATE A JOB

HOW TO CREATE A JOB
Originally aired 05.13.2011

It seems like every politician has a plan for putting people back to work. But we and the Planet Money team couldn’t help but wonder…how do you create a job? Can politicians truly create many jobs? Is it possible the whole thing is just well-intentioned hot air?


NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Originally aired 11.19.2010

It’s amazing just how much drama can take place in the mini-universe of a neighborhood. This week we bring you stories of neighbors watching out for each other, for better and worse, including a story from CBC's WireTap.


MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY

MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY
Originally aired 01.06.2012

Mike Daisey was a self-described "worshipper in the cult of Mac." Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.



KID POLITICS

BROADCAST:
JAN-13-12

KID POLITICS
What if, say, the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada in 1983 had been decided, not by Ronald Reagan, but by a bunch of middle-schoolers? And what if every rule at your high school had been determined, not by teachers and administrators, but entirely by teenagers? This week, stories about whether, when it comes to governing, kids do any better than grown-ups.