by Jo Ella Straley
By Jo Ella Straley Here is a great example of an unexpected factoid—something you would normally not even think to wonder about—making a cool news item, from the NYT: According to sales figures from stick manufacturers, a majority of Canadian ho...
by Jo Ella Straley
It's never too late for more holiday spirit in NPR's Playback.
by Janel White
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by Maureen Clements
Hear Noah Adams reminisce about his early public radio career.
by Jo Ella Straley
Hear a 1980 audio documentary about the late anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.
by Maureen Clements
Playback way back to October 1984.
by Kee Malesky
Banned Books Week is a time to celebrate the freedom to read.
by Maureen Clements
Take a step back in time with September's episode of Playback.
by Jo Ella Straley
By Jo Ella Straley Anyone who has been to an airport in the last few years knows that there are a lot of rules: Take off your shoes. Put your lip balm in a plastic bag. Get that computer out of your bag! NPR's Brian Naylor reported today on...
by Janel White
Is the Hottest School Supply the Library Card?
by Janel White
Reading Rainbow encouraged kids to read books; today is the last episode of the popular PBS program.
by Janel White
Walsenburg, Colorado is making an investment to ensure future generations enjoy their public library.
by Jo Ella Straley
By Jo Ella Straley Today we remember the third longest-serving senator in US history, Edward Kennedy. Ron Elving and Brian Naylor offer a full account of his life here. I wanted to offer something a little more obscure, so I dug into the archive...
by Jo Ella Straley
The American Heart Association says over-consumption of sugar could lead to heart disease — but what did people in 1985 think?
