World Horrors Of Camps Overshadow Killings By German SS July 30, 2009 • Historian Timothy Snyder says 70 percent of Jews killed in the Holocaust died before Auschwitz was even operational — a fact that he says many in the West don't realize. The estimated 1.5 million Jews were killed by special forces of the German SS, who roamed through Poland, Ukraine and Belarus killing Soviet citizens. Horrors Of Camps Overshadow Killings By German SS Listen · 7:20 7:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111388883/111388861" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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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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(Matt Sayles/AP) Pop Culture 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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Culture ABA Magazine Ranks TV's Top Legal Shows July 23, 2009 • The ABA Journal, the magazine of the American Bar Association, recently ranked the top 25 legal shows in television history. L.A. Law ranked at the top of the list, beating Perry Mason. ABA Journal editor and publisher Edward Adams offers his insight. ABA Magazine Ranks TV's Top Legal Shows Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106939017/106938994" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Walter Cronkite, The Nation's Narrator, Dies At 92 July 17, 2009 • The longtime CBS Evening News anchor, once known as "the most trusted man in America," has died. Cronkite offered a nightly account of the world's tragedies and triumphs over the course of a generation, from the Kennedy assassination to the Vietnam War to the walk on the moon and Watergate. Walter Cronkite, The Nation's Narrator, Dies At 92 Listen · 6:19 6:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91902373/106764881" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture 'Michael And Michael' Put Issues On The Table Fresh Air July 14, 2009 • Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter are creators and stars of Michael and Michael Have Issues — a series about two neurotic sketch-comedy writers who can't stand each other. 'Michael And Michael' Put Issues On The Table Listen · 37:06 37:06 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106605364/106606948" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pop Culture For 'Hung' Team, Offbeat TV Is A Growth Industry Fresh Air July 7, 2009 • Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin are the writers behind HBO's series Hung, about a hapless schoolteacher — with one substantial asset — who finds an unorthodox way to make ends meet. For 'Hung' Team, Offbeat TV Is A Growth Industry Listen · 18:35 18:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106342152/106342150" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture 'Colbert Show' Back From Iraq Fresh Air June 22, 2009 • Allison Silverman, the executive producer and head writer of The Colbert Report, discusses the show's recent broadcasts from the combat zone in Iraq. 'Colbert Show' Back From Iraq Listen · 38:29 38:29 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105690240/105693203" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Analog Is Dead. Long Live Digital? Fresh Air June 12, 2009 • TV historian David Bianculli worries that the death of analog television isn't politically neutral: It threatens to leave the neediest viewers in the Dark Ages. Analog Is Dead. Long Live Digital? Listen · 5:38 5:38 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105305363/105305362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Ed Helms: An 'Office' Drone Takes To The Big Screen Fresh Air June 9, 2009 • Actor Ed Helms, co-star of the new film The Hangover, studied improvisation with The Upright Citizens Brigade and got his start in comedy with numerous sketch comedy groups. He currently plays Andy Bernard, the salesman who loves a cappella, on the NBC comedy series The Office. Ed Helms: An 'Office' Drone Takes To The Big Screen Listen · 24:19 24:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104938491/105152608" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Assessing Conan's 'Tonight Show' Debut Fresh Air June 2, 2009 • After 16 years as the host of the Late Night show, Conan O'Brien moves his act an hour earlier. TV critic David Bianculli reviews O'Brien's premiere as host of The Tonight Show. Assessing Conan's 'Tonight Show' Debut Listen · 6:43 6:43 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104821917/104823465" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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