Tag: wbur
member name: Ken G.
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August 21, 2007 11:48 AM EDT --
The man known as "America's Preacher" in a North Carolina hospital today. Reverend Billy Graham is listed in 'fair condition' after being admitted for treatment over the weekend. . . .
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April 11, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
Members of the Scarlett Knights basketball team of Rutgers University held a press conference where captain Essence Carson talked about how angry and sad Imus' comments made the team. Last week the . . .
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May 08, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
Whistlers get no respect. There was a time when they were featured soloists touring with big bands. Now whistlers get a bad rap for being too cheery as in that band of crucified thieves hanging Christ-like . . .
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May 09, 2007 10:10 AM EDT --
A new documentary chronicles how Asian actors have struggled over the past century, with varying degrees of success, to get beyond stereotyping. Listen to a conversation with Jeff Adachi, director . . .
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May 11, 2007 09:52 AM EDT --
Singer-song Patty Griffin is known for her laments about people down on their luck delivered in a clear-as bell soprano. Griffin tells us about her new recording "Children Running Through" and . . .
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April 30, 2007 02:44 PM EDT --
Next month, a Texas-based company plans to begin construction on an off-shore liquefied natural gas terminal in Massachusetts Bay. Excelerate Energy got the go-ahead late last year after agreeing . . .
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May 09, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
Anyone familiar with this guy? He was on the radio here in Boston yesterday.
There is a link to the interview on this page:
http://www.here-now.org/shows/2007/05/20070508_2.asp
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May 09, 2007 12:48 PM EDT --
Daniel Levitin, who received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Oregon, explores the connection our brain makes to muscial notes, why we are attracted to certain types of songs, and . . .
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April 02, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
Not sure what to make of this strange animal "public radio" thrashing about the thickets of the interent. Was once a big fan, but now find my attention diverted my the vasting more diverse offerings . . .
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May 09, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
If you think you're the last person on earth who doesn't have an iPod don't fret, you're not.
WBUR radio personality Robin Young is.
True, she has bought them for gifts, but never, ever . . .
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October 25, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Here & Now asks: "What is the best song associated with your city?"
This can be a song written or performed by an artist from your city, or a song either representing . . .
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September 04, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
The legendary star of "Easy Rider" has a new film opening Friday, the western: "3:10 to Yuma". Robin Young speaks to Fonda about the film, about his father Henry's influence, . . .
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September 07, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
On today's show:
(Listen on the radio or online)
1- GENERAL DAVID PATRAEUS: We get an early peek into the report the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq will give to Congress . . .
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September 11, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
Listen online or on the radio.
1- PETRAEUS/CROCKER: General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill this morning to face more lawmakers demanding answers . . .
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April 09, 2008 09:35 AM EDT --
A new exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science showcases photographs of the world's most famous glaciers taken decades apart.
David Arnold took new pictures of some of the glaciers . . .
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September 05, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Rider University is forming a task force to study the use and abuse of alcohol on campus in the wake of the recent death of an 18-year-old freshman at the New Jersey school.
Police say Gary Devercelly . . .
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September 07, 2007 10:22 AM EDT --
As they head back to school, are affluent teens carrying bagage not visible in their backpacks?
Psychologist Madeline Levine has been counseling troubled teens for 25 years. Her book "The . . .
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May 11, 2007 12:59 PM EDT --
Andrew Blechman is a world authority on pigeons. Blechman spent a year with people who race them, raise them, hunt them and even eat them. The result is his "Pigeons: The Fascinating . . .
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September 13, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
A Marine gives us his reaction to General David Petraeus' testimony to Congress. Marine Captian Seth Moulton is a special assistant to General Petraeus and is working in the south of Iraq to replicate . . .
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September 04, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
One British website calls them "Foot Trolleys of Death." They are the latest Chinese export - gasoline powered roller skates that reach speeds of 20 miles per hour. There are a few catches though . . .
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