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Listen to Alison and Luke put on show pilot #10

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Hillary Clinton's righthand woman, Huma Abedin (left), is magic.

We had a great time with today's show and are eager to hear what you think.

- NPR's Adam Davidson tells us about his conversation with Mattel CEO Bob Eckert and why Adam won't shop at the dollar store anymore.

- Luke interviews Danish pop duo Junior Senior. Jeppe Laursen (Senior) and Jesper Mortensen (Junior) tell Luke about their rap skills, growing up with Sonic Youth and their picks for The Best Song in the World Today.

- As part of their defense against Viacom, YouTube asked Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to testify. We called Duke Law Professor James Boyle to see if YouTube's legal team is planning an effective defense or a publicity stunt.

- We've got John Discepolo, morning sports reporter for CBS-TV in New York, with the latest on NBA referee Tim Donaghy and the future of dirty, dirty dog Michael Vick. Discepolo points out that more than half of the players in the NFL have a criminal record.

- We've got the Village Voice's Michael Musto and NPR's Katia Dunn talking about Senator Clinton's elusive travelling Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin. She's as mysterious and beautiful as a unicorn.

- Tay Zonday and his now-classic "Chocolate Rain" are taking the show on the road.

- Finally, my favorite part of the show: "My gut feeling, and it's nothing more than that...is that there's a 20 percent chance we're living in a computer simulation." That's right guys. We live in a matrix with Neo and Trinity and Baudrillard. According to the guts of Nick Bostrom, director of Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute, your thoughts and memories could be someone else's Second Life world.

P.S. David Lynch is on Talk of the Nation right now! He just said: "I do not see United States, I see divided states."

I love you Agent Dale Cooper!

Lauren Spohrer

2:29 PM ET | 08-16-2007 | permalink

Comments (Send a comment)

Why would you call Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart "fake news anchors"? Is the news fake, or are they fake anchors? The former is obviously not true, particularly on the Daily Show, where he discusses real contemporary events, i.e. news. For Colbert, they are still real events, it is just his interpretation which he tries to make funny. He is pretending to be someone he isn't, which can probably be said about most news anchors. Most pretend the opposite; to be objective and unopinionated while on the air, however. Second, they are not fake anchors. They do interviews with real people, soliciting real facts. Jon and Stephen and Bill O'Reilly should all be called comedic news anchors. The Onion is fake news.

Sent by purple R | 6:39 PM ET | 08-16-2007

How has reporting on Chinese product recalls affected Adam Davidson's life? Great question, Alison.

Alison, how do you feel when people post footage of you doing your TV journalist thing on the web? Also, in your view, is it distressing or an honor when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert mocked you?

Concerning Tim Donaghy, I wonder what would happen if we made our referees bet on one of the teams in the game that their working? Of course, the other ref would have to bet on the other team and both would have to publicly disclose their betting. Would this open conflict of interest force them to do their job more fairly? Perhaps the Freakonomics boys or the Armchair Economist can tackle this question.

Hmm... I wonder what FishbowlDC's Patrick Gavin knows about Huma.

I've gotta go after Huma. Thus, I might comment later about the rest of the show.

Sent by Steve Petersen | 6:49 PM ET | 08-16-2007

bpp...p#10....great show...it moved smoothly and quickly and the muse-ic is an important piece of how it connects with the listeners...or at least for me. jay

Sent by jay | 9:08 AM ET | 08-17-2007

I'm with jay - excellent show. You had me at the Pixies.

Sent by Maura | 1:11 PM ET | 08-17-2007

When I click on the MP3 link it says "file not found." I love the show and would love to be able to listen to this episode.

Sent by Will Kistler | 4:51 PM ET | 08-17-2007

MP3 link should be working now, sorry about that.

Sent by Matt Martinez | 5:09 PM ET | 08-17-2007

Tay Zonday on Jimmy Kimmel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NattlyH0IeM

Sent by Sean Powers | 4:46 PM ET | 08-19-2007

Hey PurpleR -
I was just on the Daily Show site and saw this - "NEXT WEEK: Get the latest headlines from the most trusted name in fake news." I think many people refer to Jon Stewart as a fake news anchor because that's how he refers to himself.

Sent by Lauren Spohrer | 12:51 PM ET | 08-24-2007

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