Economy 'Marketplace' Report: Actors' Strike June 30, 2008 • Threats of an actors' strike hang above the entertainment industry, threatening to cripple business that's still recovering from the writer's strike. We examine the potential repercussions of an actor's strike on the economy. 'Marketplace' Report: Actors' Strike Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92034271/92034251" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Behind the Viral Video: What's Fake, What's Real June 30, 2008 • Making a video go viral is not only harder than it looks, it's also become a popular way for companies to market their products. The question is, does anyone care if it's not authentic, as long as it's funny? Listen to this 'Talk of the Nation' topic Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92036174/92036166" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Art & Design Comic Cheech Marin Champions Chicano Art June 30, 2008 • The iconic funnyman rose to fame as one half of the pothead duo Cheech and Chong. Over the years, he has acquired one of the largest collections of Chicano art in the world. Comic Cheech Marin Champions Chicano Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92027392/92034293" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Microsoft Stops Selling Windows XP, Touts Vista June 30, 2008 • In a push to sell more of its new Windows Vista software, Microsoft said it plans to stop shipping copies of Windows XP. Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine's editor in chief, talks about what this means for consumers who use Windows software. Microsoft Stops Selling Windows XP, Touts Vista Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92022146/92022108" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Microsoft Stops Selling Windows XP, Touts Vista Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92022146/92022108" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Business Luxuries Dealer Sues eBay over Knockoffs June 30, 2008 • A court in Paris ordered online auction site eBay to pay $61 million to luxury goods maker LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise. LVMH, the world's biggest owner of luxury brands, including Louis Vuitton and Dior, says at one point, 90 percent of Vuitton and Dior-labeled itmes on eBay were counterfeit. Luxuries Dealer Sues eBay over Knockoffs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92022140/92022106" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Luxuries Dealer Sues eBay over Knockoffs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/92022140/92022106" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Books So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book June 29, 2008 • Two comic artists have created a textbook, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, that teaches people the grammar of comic art, from penciling a story ever so lightly on tracing paper to inking a bubbly "The End" to the finished strip. So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91944828/92013789" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Tony Soprano Outfits Auctioned for Charity June 28, 2008 • This week, 25 outfits worn by James Gandolfini in The Sopranos were auctioned off to benefit the Wounded Warrior project, a group that aids troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tony Soprano Outfits Auctioned for Charity Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91993796/91993767" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Obama's Foreign Policy Aide Weighs In on Iraq June 26, 2008 • Denis McDonough is Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy adviser. He says Obama wants to start withdrawing troops immediately at the pace of one to two combat brigades per month. At this pace, the remaining U.S. troops can leave Iraq in 16 months. Obama's Foreign Policy Aide Weighs In on Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91934898/91934872" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Obama's Foreign Policy Aide Weighs In on Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91934898/91934872" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Art & Design An Art Star Creates a Splash in New York June 26, 2008 • New Yorkers woke up this morning to new landmarks in the city's harbor and along the East River: four waterfalls. They're actually a public art project, courtesy of artist Olafur Eliasson. An Art Star Creates a Splash in New York Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91931738/91934871" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Robotic Baby Seal Coming to U.S. Shores June 26, 2008 • A company that makes a robotic baby seal from Japan named Paro plans to sell it in the U.S. to help comfort people with dementia, autism and other problems related to social isolation. But some doctors say real pets provide the best kind of therapy. Robotic Baby Seal Coming to U.S. Shores Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91875735/91906435" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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On Television At 'Hopkins,' a String of Real-Life ER Dramas Fresh Air June 26, 2008 • Hopkins, which premieres tonight, is the sequel to a 2000 ABC documentary series that told intimate, very real stories about medical staff and patients at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University. Fresh Air's TV critic has a review. At 'Hopkins,' a String of Real-Life ER Dramas Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91913310/91913335" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Media FCC May Crack Down on Product Placement June 26, 2008 • The commission is weighing new rules about 'stealth ads,' but the changes may not satisfy anyone. A Wall Street Journal reporter discusses what steps the commission might take. FCC May Crack Down on Product Placement Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91906064/91906040" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media In Cluster of Teen Pregnancies, 'Juno' Comes to Life June 26, 2008 • After 17 girls from one Massachusetts school turned up pregnant, some wondered about a possible "Juno Effect." The idea is that Hollywood glamorizes teen pregnancy, and one professor says her research shows it's very real. In Cluster of Teen Pregnancies, 'Juno' Comes to Life Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91906103/91906050" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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In the Internet Age, a New Cultural Revolution Chinese Authors Find Creative Outlets on the Web June 26, 2008 • Chinese novelists were once encouraged to address politics and society through a Communist lens. Now young writers can be as entertaining as they want on the Web. Chinese Authors Find Creative Outlets on the Web Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91895391/91906441" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Baby Borrowers' Need a Reality Check June 25, 2008 • In NBC's new reality series, The Baby Borrowers, teenagers take care of babies as part of a crash course on parenting. A new first-time dad says the show is saturated with fantasy. 'Baby Borrowers' Need a Reality Check Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91881305/91881282" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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