Sputnik at 50: Looking Back at the Space Race Space Race Permeated Pop Culture September 30, 2007 • The space race that began with Sputnik not only influenced education but American pop culture as a whole. David Schwartz, the chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, says the phenomenon was pushed by an unlikely person — Walt Disney. Space Race Permeated Pop Culture Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14845436/14845453" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Penn Masala Mixes A Cappella from East and West September 29, 2007 • At the University of Pennsylvania, a cappella singing can be as serious as the academics. The 15-man group Penn Masala has been a campus standout, spreading its a cappella fusion of Eastern and Western music well beyond campus borders. Penn Masala Mixes A Cappella from East and West Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14818716/14829393" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Behind the Scenes with 'Dancing with the Stars' September 29, 2007 • Long after reality shows seemingly hit their peak, Dancing with the Stars captivated millions of viewers, as celebrities transformed into ballroom dancers. Scott Simon went to New York to get some tango lessons from the show's contestants. Behind the Scenes with 'Dancing with the Stars' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14808846/14829499" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education Schools Weigh the Value of Art Collections September 29, 2007 • Financial pressures are forcing colleges and universities to consider selling highly valued art works to a solicitous buyer behind the building of a new museum in Arkansas. Schools Weigh the Value of Art Collections Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14829457/14829498" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Schwartzman Lives 'The Darjeeling Limited' September 29, 2007 • The Darjeeling Limited, director Wes Anderson's newest film, opened the New York Film Festival this weekend. Jason Schwartzman, who co-wrote the screenplay and plays Jack Whitman, talks about the role India plays in the movie. Schwartzman Lives 'The Darjeeling Limited' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14829424/14829394" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Coming Soon, to a Theater Near You: Naked People September 28, 2007 • Maybe it's the fitness craze, and people showering together in gyms, but you just don't attract crowds to movie theaters these days with mere nakedness. Filmmakers are pushing boundaries �� though most are still cautious about mixing nudity and sexuality. Coming Soon, to a Theater Near You: Naked People Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14815090/14810557" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review 'Lust, Caution' September 28, 2007 • A troupe of thespians goes undercover in Hong Kong and Shanghai during the Japanese occupation, hoping their ingenue (Tang Wei) can get close enough to a collaborator (Tony Leung) to let them attempt an assassination.
Review 'Feast of Love' September 28, 2007 • A would-be-wistful dramedy, with Morgan Freeman as a kind of village elder perched at an Oregon coffee shop, advising clueless locals on life and love. Director Robert Benton made Kramer Vs. Kramer, and ought to know better.
Summary Judgment: 'Kingdom,' 'Game' and 'Lust' September 28, 2007 • Planning to watch a movie this weekend? Mark Jordan Legan with the online magazine Slate tells us what the critics are saying about The Kingdom, The Game Plan and Lust, Caution. Summary Judgment: 'Kingdom,' 'Game' and 'Lust' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14798261/14798229" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Joni Mitchell: A Resurgence of Music and Art September 28, 2007 • After a long hiatus, the restless singer-song writer collaborates on a ballet, launches an art exhibit and releases a new album. Joni Mitchell: A Resurgence of Music and Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14766057/14810431" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review John Fogerty in 'Revival' Fresh Air September 28, 2007 • Fresh Air's rock critic reviews Revival, the new solo album from the onetime Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman. It's out Oct. 2, with 12 new originals from the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer. John Fogerty in 'Revival' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14797062/14797050" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Apatow and Rogen: From 'Virgin' to 'Knocked Up' Fresh Air September 28, 2007 • Judd Apatow has been a writer for Larry Sanders and Ben Stiller, and he worked on the cult-favorite TV comedy Freaks and Geeks. But you'll know him as the writer-director of the hit film The 40-Year-Old Virgin — and the auteur behind this summer's Knocked Up, starring Seth Rogen. Apatow and Rogen: From 'Virgin' to 'Knocked Up' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14797052/14797049" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review 'The Darjeeling Limited': Self-Discovery, by Rail Fresh Air September 28, 2007 • Three brothers, privileged but bereft, go looking for themselves on a trek through rural India. Fresh Air's film critic says Anderson manages to sustain a sense of lyric melancholy — though he could use more perspective on his characters' over-entitlement. 'The Darjeeling Limited': Self-Discovery, by Rail Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14797071/14797051" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Song Of The Day The Many Moods of Les Jazz Modes September 28, 2007 • In a mid-'50s jazz landscape increasingly dominated by bebop's aftermath, the largely forgotten band Les Jazz Modes stood apart. "Hoo-Tai" finds the group's chops integrating deftly with its orchestral experiments, and the sum is a finely sculpted, acutely appealing jazz tune. 'Hoo-Tai' by Les Jazz Modes Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14795647/14785969" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Arkansas' Central High School, Then and Now September 28, 2007 • A new documentary takes a look inside the Arkansas school at the center of a key Civil Rights moment 50 years ago. Farai Chideya talks with Craig and Brent Renaud who directed the HBO documentary "Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later," and Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the original Little Rock Nine. Arkansas' Central High School, Then and Now Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14813055/14810077" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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