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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Krulwich Wonders...
Instant Christmas? A Snowless Snowstorm Turns Downtown Snowy White
December 25, 2012 Looking to film a winter movie scene in warm, sunny weather? Head out to marshes and collect cattails. Squeeze out the seeds, and voila!
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: Merry Christmas 2012!
December 25, 2012 In a world with so many attractions and distractions, Joe Heller and Nick Anderson hope you have a safe and happy holiday!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Krulwich Wonders...
Which Is There More Of: Kindness Or Unkindness? A Christmas Accounting
December 24, 2012 If you counted every good deed, every smile, every act of charity, then counted every growl, frown, kick and wrong, which would be greater? The good or the bad? Thinkers from John Locke to Martin Luther King, Jr., give insight on the progress of humanity.
Three Books...
The American Sublime: 3 Books On Faith In The U.S.
December 24, 2012 Author Ayad Akhtar writes about three books that deal with the intersection of religion and literature in the U.S. What is your favorite book on American faith? Tell us in the comments.
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: July 2012: Heaven And Hell
December 24, 2012 Scientists in Cern, Switzerland announced the discovery of the Higgs boson "God Particle" and Jimmy Margulies was sure to credit its original author. The shootings in Aurora, Colorado prompted David Fitzsimmons to wonder how many more times we'll do the same thing.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Wait, Maybe We Are Living In A Simulation
December 23, 2012 New research takes on the question: "Are you a simulation?" It's a question some, including commentator Adam Frank, enjoy with a sense of humor. Others aren't sure they even want to now the answer.
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: June 2012: Wons For All?
December 23, 2012 After bruising battles, the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare," and Wisconsinites voted to retain Scott Walker as their governor.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Mayan Apocalypse: Worthwhile, In Hindsight
December 22, 2012 Yesterday came and went, but I never finished Ulysses. I never took up skydiving. Come to think of it, I didn't even really finish cleaning up my closet before the "Mayan Apocalypse." Yet even a failed apocalypse still has value, in reminding us that life is fleeting, fragile and unpredictable.
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: May 2012: Home At Last?
December 22, 2012 Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng escaped house-arrest to seek refuge in the U.S. and Bob Englehart noted his importance during an election year. Many felt that politics prompted Obama's position change on same-sex marriage, which Steve Kelley felt put him on equal footing with Mitt Romney.
Friday, December 21, 2012
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Riddle For A Winter Morning
December 21, 2012 It's wild windy weather here in Berkeley, California. It's the shortest day of the year. So Alva Noë offers us an old riddle.
Shootings In Newtown, Conn.
When Someone You Know Loses A Child
December 21, 2012 Nothing is enough to ease a parent's pain in losing a child, but simple gestures of kindness and concern are still welcome even in the depths of grief.
Monkey See
Blame The Movies As We Mourn? Or Turn To Them For Comfort?
December 21, 2012 NPR's Bilal Qureshi meditates on a Canadian drama that confronts some of the issues we all face in the wake of the Newtown school massacre: pain, confusion, and the effort to make sense of the senseless.
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: Yours, Mayan and Ours?
December 21, 2012 Will the world end on December 21, 2012, as the fabled Mayan calendar predicts? Pat Bagley finds hope in human nature, while Dave Granlund predicts what might happen on December 22nd.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
A Holiday Wish: 2013, The Year Of The Chimpanzee
December 20, 2012 People who care for and about chimpanzees are awaiting word from the U.S. Senate this week about passage of legislation that would send many lab-bound animals into quiet retirement. During this holiday season of hope, commentator Barbara J. King lays out a case for why this is the right thing to do.
