Opinion Send My Love To Linda: An Untold Jimi Hendrix Story September 15, 2010 • The musician died 40 years ago this Saturday at the age of 27. Commentator John Ridley remembers him by diving into the forgotten story behind one Hendrix tune. Send My Love To Linda: An Untold Jimi Hendrix Story Listen · 6:26 6:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/129855398/129874325" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion For John Ridley, The N-Word Is A Line In The Sand August 20, 2010 • Amid the fallout from talk radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's use of the racial epithet on the air, Morning Edition commentator John Ridley talks to Steve Inskeep about his initial reaction, who can use the N-word, and Dr. Laura's First Amendment rights. For John Ridley, The N-Word Is A Line In The Sand Listen · 7:23 7:23 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/129317120/129316610" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion A True Champion Vs. The 'Great White Hope' July 2, 2010 • There may be no more charged phrase in all of the American lexicon than "the great white hope." The term came into existence almost a century ago in the era of Jack Johnson, the great American heavyweight fighter who happened to be black. A True Champion Vs. The 'Great White Hope' Listen · 3:55 3:55 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/128245468/128260013" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Top 'Nontroversies' Of 2009 December 31, 2009 • Between Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods and Jon and Kate's clan of eight, some pretty memorable characters have drifted across our televisions and blogs in 2009. Before 2010 creeps in, their 15 minutes of fame are up and they're forever gone, let's revel in their glory. The Top 'Nontroversies' Of 2009 Listen · 3:01 3:01 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/122053135/122093320" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Vikings Game A Quandary For Packers Fans October 5, 2009 • Monday's NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings is perplexing for Packers fans. Former Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre now plays for Minnesota. And that leaves Commentator John Ridley, a Wisconsin native and "Packer Backer," in a quandary. Vikings Game A Quandary For Packers Fans Listen · 3:58 3:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/113491876/113491856" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Enter Leno, Exit Writers: The Crisis Continues September 14, 2009 • If you're dreaming of becoming a high-priced Hollywood writer, you might want to dream on, says commentator John Ridley. The union that represents the bulk of movie and TV writers recently released its annual report. It reads like the script of a horror movie. And, he says, things are only going to get worse. Enter Leno, Exit Writers: The Crisis Continues Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112759627/112805066" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion If He Hollers: Remembering Chester Himes July 29, 2009 • Chester Himes' pen name was his prison number — 59623. He did hard labor on a prison chain gang and wrote hard-nosed detective fiction. One hundred years after Himes was born, commentator John Ridley remembers a life that personified hard-boiled. If He Hollers: Remembering Chester Himes Listen · 3:22 3:22 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111210145/111273274" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion I Know! We'll Make A Board Game Into A Movie June 24, 2009 • Notable directors have reportedly signed on to big-budget versions of Monopoly and Battleship, and there's even a version of Candy Land in the works. Commentator John Ridley looks at the recent Hollywood trend of banking on child's play. I Know! We'll Make A Board Game Into A Movie Listen · 3:17 3:17 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105514153/105847051" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Keep Your Tweets To Yourself May 12, 2009 • Give someone an avatar and a URL, and he can't tweet, post or hyperlink enough personal information about himself to as many people as possible. Where is the expectation that people will keep their private nonsense to themselves? Keep Your Tweets To Yourself Listen · 2:38 2:38 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104033836/104047305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Visible Man Keep Your Tweets To Yourself May 12, 2009 • At the risk of sounding like that old guy in Gran Torino telling those "young punks" to "get off my lawn," it's gotten to the point that whenever I hear somebody talking about Twitter or twittering or tweetin
The Visible Man Checking In From The Czech Republic April 27, 2009 • I've made it to Prague, and let me just say it's a beautiful city. Particularly if you happen to be into old world Europe, 'cause there's a lot of that going on here. The weather's been beautiful, and that only adds to the charm.
The Visible Man The Unbearable Heaviness Of Luggage April 21, 2009 • I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.
The Visible Man Why Isn't America Watching NBC's Kings? April 15, 2009 • The thing about working in Hollywood is that at some point you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinseltown would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn't be abandoning prime t...
The Visible Man John McCain Fights For Jack Johnson April 2, 2009 • When you read the headline it's one of those what-the-heck moments: John McCain has co-sponsored a Senate resolution asking President Obama to posthumously pa
The Visible Man The Practical Math of 'Too Much' Telepromptering March 27, 2009 • The meme going around like a bad cough is that President Obama relies "too much" on teleprompters. A line so oft repeated it's officially reache