I’ve got NOVA set to record on my DVR which means I often don’t get around to watching an episode until well after it has aired. Last night I got around to watching the Power Surge episode that talks about the race to develop large-scale alternative energy sources. Virgin airline’s Sir Richard Branson is figured . . . → Read More: Power Surge – NOVA on the need for new sources of energy.
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This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone given our country’s past, but it is disappointing: New Report: ‘Higher Hate Group Count Than Ever’ : NPR Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the law center, has been studying hate groups for a long time. But Potok says even he was surprised when he . . . → Read More: Southern Poverty Law Center reports number of hate groups in America at all-time high. One of the arguments put forth by anti-abortion advocates is that it causes major mental health problems for the woman who has one, but a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine says that’s not the case at all: “This is an extremely, extremely well done study,” he said. “There is no . . . → Read More: New study determines that abortions don’t cause mental health issues. I’m a huge fan of National Public Radio. It being what I listen to most these days as I can’t stand most of the music stations in our area and I’m not ready to pay for satellite radio. I’ve called it by its initials for years now and, come to think of it, so have . . . → Read More: From now on NPR will be known as NPR. I don’t get to listen to TAL as often as I’d like so I try to make a point to catch up with it online when I can. I was reminded that it had been awhile while reading an entry on Friendly Atheist about the most recent episode. He was talking about Act II of . . . → Read More: This American Life on “Things I Used to Believe.” Or so says this interesting NPR news item that covered some folks who are cutting way back on shampooing their hair. Americans love to shampoo. We lather up an average of 4.59 times a week, twice as much as Italians and Spaniards, according to shampoo-maker Procter & Gamble. But that’s way too often, say . . . → Read More: Apparently we wash our hair entirely too much. Want to understand the whole banking crisis thing? Go listen to the most recent episode of This American Life: The collapse of the banking system explained, in just 59 minutes. Our crack economics team—the guys who explained the mortgage crisis, Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam Davidson—are back to help all of us understand the news. . . . → Read More: This American Life: Bad Bank Remember when Bush went to New Orleans back in April and posed for a photo op with 74-year old Ethel Williams in her ruined home and made a big speech about how rebuilding the city and her home? I remember it. He made a lot of promises. It’s a shame he’s not really keeping . . . → Read More: Four months later, Bush’s promise to Katrina victim not acted on. Just wanted to let everyone know that the alternative to right-wing wackos: Air America, is now broadcasting in the Detroit area. They can be found on the AM dial at 1310. Do you smell that?… I think it’s a breath of fresh air… I’ve mentioned before that I don’t watch much TV because the majority of it is crap. The same is true for radio except I don’t listen to anything on the radio these days outside of NPR. I don’t think I’ve intentionally had a commercial station on my dial in the last half-decade. This is largely . . . → Read More: I want my Neo-Radio! |
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