Bigfoot Love Triangle (Spring Mix)
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Clocks have March-ed ahead, and we've passed the Vernal equinox, so ...
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InTheNo 7: Journalist Alfred Lubrano
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The geographic span between Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and New York's ...
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InTheNo 6: Conductor Donald Nally
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Donald Nally left his job as a music professor to found an ...
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InTheNo 5: Illustrator Matt Phelan
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After learning that the optioned screenplay he had quit his job to write would never be made into a movie, Matt Phelan took the ...
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InTheNo 4B: Poet Teresa Leo, Part II
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InTheNo 4A: Poet Teresa Leo, Part I
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Award-winning poet Teresa Leo is no stranger to rejection, a common outcome when submitting for publication and grants. She is also familiar with success -- her poetry has appeared in over a dozen publications and received several notable awards. In this first of two parts, we discuss how Leo composes poems, how fellow writers and artists help refine and inform her work, and what characterizes poetic writing. ...
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Skullcrusher Pirate Hotdish
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The holiday season continues apace. To mark , the onset of , the first day of Xmas gift returns, a belated , ...
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InTheNo 3: Musician Jonathan Coulton
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Just how far do you have to go when you quit your day job and pursue ...
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InTheNo 2: Psychologist Barry Schwartz
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What if nobody ever turned you down, and every possible option was available to you? Psychology professor Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, explains how being asked to choose from an overabundance of options can actually lead to feelings of dissatisfaction and helplessness, rather than greater contentment. ...
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InTheNo 1: Author Tom Zoellner
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A broken engagement spurred journalist and author Tom Zoellner to ...
info_outlineJust how far do you have to go when you quit your day job and pursue a record contract? If you're singer, songwriter, and troubadour extraordinaire Jonathan Coulton, a little interplanetary travel is all in a day's work.
We talk about a myriad of topics, including:
- The Pluto formerly known as planet, and the "Planet People" who determined its fate
- The PopSci Podcast
- A Mystery Holiday Musical Clip
[spoilers: secret performers, song information] - Actor Brian Dennehy
- Theremins and Clara Rockmore
- Coulton's interview on National Public Radio
- Ikea and a certain bathroom lamp
- The Yale Whiffenpoofs
- When You Go remix (MP3 download)
- Creative Commons and Lawrence Lessig
- The Code Monkey Remix Contest winners
The music playlist for this episode:
We've departed from our standard weekend release schedule to bring you this Solstice special. Hope Yule Enjoy.
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