NPR: This Week's BPP Rundown

This Week's BPP Rundown

Man, my avatar is exhausted, I'm gonna hit the beach and get my drink on. Virtually, of course.

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Here's some good stuff we hope to bring you this week (in no particular order):

Don't Stand So Close To Me -- Turns out that even in virtual worlds, the same social rules for physical contact exist. New York video producer Win Rosenfeld is going to take us on a journey into Second Life and explain why virtual frottage is as gauche and disturbing as it is in the real world.

If You Build It, They Will Come...and Pay $9.50 for a Miller Lite -- The music festival season kicks off next week with the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif. We're going to talk with Austin-based DJ Andy Langer about how music fests are changing the way people see live music.

Raise Your Hands In The Air! Praise Jesus Like You Really Care! -- A chat with NPR Producer Amy Walters about the next big thing in Christian evangelism: Church in nightclubs. We'll talk with Amy about her journey to the The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles, where they have church services on Sunday. (No cover charge.)

Also: You got a great story idea? Did you record something amazing with a good story behind it? Contact Us.

Luke Burbank will be your host. I'll be your producer, stay tuned.

Matt Martinez

12:15 PM ET | 04-16-2007 | permalink

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When you do the Jesus in da club story, you must include former NPR producer Lauren Sandler who wrote a fascinating book titled Righteous about the evangelical counter culture.

Sent by Steve Petersen | 9:51 PM ET | 04-16-2007

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