Opinion Barbershop Obama Happy Hour: Can't We All Just Get Along? July 31, 2009 • Host Michel Martin joins freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney and editor Arsalan Iftikhar, political science professor Lester Spence, and journalist Quinn Klinefelter to comb through the week's headlines. The guys weigh in on President Obama's White House happy hour with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley, and the evolution of racism in online forums. Obama Happy Hour: Can't We All Just Get Along? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111415290/111415275" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Jae C. Hong/AP Obama Beer Summit Choices Make For A Happy Hour July 30, 2009 • President Obama holds a sudsy summit tonight with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the officer who arrested him. We asked The Beer Sommelier: What do their beer choices say? For one thing, they've picked brews designed to be downed pint after pint with mates.
Television The Plus-Sized Romance Of 'More To Love' July 29, 2009 • Marianne Kirby, author of the fat acceptance blog The Rotund, talks about More to Love, a new dating reality show on FOX television. Have you seen the show? If so, tell us whether you think it champions or humiliates plus-sized women. The Plus-Sized Romance Of 'More To Love' Listen · 11:36 11:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111329520/111328731" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Summer Books 2009 Audience Picks: 100 Best Beach Books Ever July 29, 2009 • Almost 16,000 of you voted in our Best Beach Books poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality, who can say? But if there's one thing a multitude of book-loving NPR types can definitely do, it's pick books that appeal ... to book-loving NPR types.
Movie Interviews A Jordanian Hero With The Spirit Of Charlie Chaplin July 28, 2009 • A glimpse into the Arab world that doesn't focus on war or fanaticism, Captain Abu Raed reveals a Jordan that few Western viewers have ever seen, and it tells a story that will appeal to audiences with no particular interest in the region.
Movie Interviews 'In The Loop' With Armando Iannucci Fresh Air July 27, 2009 • Writer and director Armando Iannucci's new film In the Loop involves an unnamed country in the Middle East, whisperings of military involvement, epically foul tirades and razor sharp political satire. 'In The Loop' With Armando Iannucci Listen · 17:40 17:40 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111062899/111062898" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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(Matt Sayles/AP) Jeremy Piven, Looking For A Bad Boy's Good Side July 24, 2009 • The Entourage star got his start in Chicago, at a well-regarded theater run by his parents. He tells Madeleine Brand that his formative experiences there still inform his work today. Jeremy Piven, Looking For A Bad Boy's Good Side Listen · 7:59 7:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106946449/106989018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Comic Con Is More Than Fan Boy's Feast July 24, 2009 • The annual Comic Con in San Diego started out as a comic book convention and expanded to graphic novels, comic-inspired films, television series and games of all sorts. It's now all about standing in line to see stars, writers, graphic artists and gaming geniuses. Comic Con Is More Than Fan Boy's Feast Listen · 3:48 3:48 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106989064/106990061" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Starbucks Shuns Name At New Cafe July 24, 2009 • Starbucks opened a new kind of outlet Friday in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood that has almost no trace of its link to the corporate coffee giant. The store, called 15th Ave. Coffee & Tea, has an expanded menu that includes wine, beer and cheese platters. Starbucks Shuns Name At New Cafe Listen · 3:42 3:42 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106989061/106990060" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Foul Mouths And A Penetrating Farce In 'The Loop' Fresh Air July 24, 2009 • Film critic David Edelstein reviews In the Loop the new British political satire co-starring James Gandolfini. Foul Mouths And A Penetrating Farce In 'The Loop' Listen · 6:04 6:04 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106969188/106970640" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Director Kevin Smith Dishes On Comic-Con July 24, 2009 • The largest pop-culture convention in the nation is under way in San Diego. Comic-Con runs through this weekend, and 125,000 people are expected to pass through each day. It's also become a marketing destination for the entertainment industry. To find out what draws so many to Comic-Con, Steve Inskeep talks with comic book aficionado and movie director Kevin Smith, whose films include Clerks and Chasing Amy. Director Kevin Smith Dishes On Comic-Con Listen · 3:57 3:57 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106963775/106963756" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Twitter Seen As Tool For Social Change In China July 24, 2009 • When Iranians used Twitter to get out news about their recent election, people took note in China. Compared with Iran, Twitter played a much smaller role in the recent ethnic clashes in western China. But many Chinese believe Twitter and its Chinese imitators, like Jiwai, have considerable potential to change their media and their society. Twitter Seen As Tool For Social Change In China Listen · 4:59 4:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106963768/106963754" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies 'In The Loop': Wartime Fever As Screwball Tragedy July 23, 2009 • A blistering British political satire, In The Loop plays bureaucratic bungling in the run-up to war for scabrous laughs — not a few of which will be pained laughs of recognition. 'In The Loop': Wartime Fever As Screwball Tragedy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106141579/106938995" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Movies Romantic Comedy, With An Existential Gloss July 23, 2009 • A popular self-help guru learns he doesn't really possess the secrets of life in The Answer Man — a trifle of a film that offers existentialism, religious commentary and ultimately, a dinky rom-com finale.
Review Movies 'The Ugly Truth': It Ain't A Pretty Picture July 23, 2009 • Sit up straight, girls, director Robert Luketic is here to instruct you in what women really want. Katherine Heigl stars as a hard-nosed TV-news producer who gets tamed, old-skool style, by a standard-issue cad.
