Holiday Playback: Better Late Than Never
by Jo Ella Straley
It's never too late for more holiday spirit in NPR's Playback.
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Claude Levi-Strauss: A Portait in Sound
by Jo Ella Straley
Hear a 1980 audio documentary about the late anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.
Airport Security
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...
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Reading Rainbow: 26 Years Exploring Children's Book
by Janel White
Reading Rainbow encouraged kids to read books; today is the last episode of the popular PBS program.
Senator Edward Kennedy
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...
Sugar: The Great White Menace
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?
Remembering Pan Am Flight 103
by Janel White
Looking back at the crash and trial of the Lockerbie Bombing.
Summer Camp: Did We Enjoy Ourselves?
Jo Ella Straley and Maureen Clements
Summer camp - a time away from parents, with new friends... but is it fun?
First File: Web Extras
by Jo Ella Straley
By Jo Ella Straley Curious to hear the pieces discussed in this month's Playback podcast? Find them below. var so = new SWFObject("/player/media1/mediaplayer.swf", "mediaplayer1", "400", "20", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "...
"Like Millions of Americans, She Caught the Video Game Bug"
by Jo Ella Straley
Do you have the video game bug?
Scandals From Simpler Times
by Jo Ella Straley
Historical view of extramarital affairs in politics: has anything changed?
Oregon Teenagers Explain Love, Life
by Jo Ella Straley
Have questions about love? Get answers from Oregon teenagers... in 1983.
Tax Day: Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200
by Jo Ella Straley
The United States is full of all sorts of colorful individuals, many of whom have their own reasons for not wanting to engage in the annual ritual of filing income taxes. Hear about just one of them in this 1976 Susan Stamberg profile.
