Business Online Retail Sales Hike Expected in 2005 December 28, 2005 • Online sales expected to be up to 30 percent over last year. Susan Stamberg talks with Nancy Koehn, a professor at Harvard Business School, about online sales this holiday season. Online Retail Sales Hike Expected in 2005 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5072073/5072074" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Talking Turkey with Cookbook Author Ted Allen December 20, 2005 • Ted Allen is best known for his role as the food-and-wine specialist on the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. But he is also a journalist and author. The Food You Want to Eat is Allen's current cookbook. Talking Turkey with Cookbook Author Ted Allen Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5061912/5061964" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Independent Booksellers Make Their Holiday Picks December 14, 2005 • Wondering which books to buy for gifts this year, or to treat yourself? Susan Stamberg speaks to three independent booksellers about their top book picks for this holiday season. Independent Booksellers Make Their Holiday Picks Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5051718/5052060" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Susan Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Tradition A Domestic Diva Talks Relish November 18, 2005 • It's pink and lumpy. It's an NPR Thanksgiving tradition. And this year it's the subject of a conversation with world-famous entrepreneur Martha Stewart. A Domestic Diva Talks Relish Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5017911/5018017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books 'Still Looking' Collects John Updike Essays On Art November 10, 2005 • Author John Updike's new book,Still Looking, collects many of his essays on American art. Susan Stamberg recently talked to Updike about the book and his relationship with art. 'Still Looking' Collects John Updike Essays On Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5006080/5006272" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Performing Arts Playwright Sarah Ruhl Entertains with Big Ideas October 21, 2005 • At 31, playwright Sarah Ruhl has already been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with The Clean House. Ruhl's epic trilogy Passion Play takes her further into the public spotlight. Playwright Sarah Ruhl Entertains with Big Ideas Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4967202/4967608" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Author Interviews Joan Didion Survives 'The Year of Magical Thinking' September 30, 2005 • A little more than a month before her 40th wedding anniversary, Joan Didion's beloved husband — novelist John Gregory Dunne — died unexpectedly. Didion has written a book about his death, The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion Survives 'The Year of Magical Thinking' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4866010/4930504" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books 'Sweeping Beauty' Cleans Up With Poetry September 22, 2005 • Love it or loathe it, domestic work is a common experience and it's celebrated in 'Sweeping Beauty — Contemporary Women Poets Do Housework.' The punch of divorce, the slam of wars at the dinner table, the shroud of a bed sheet; the poems of are peppered with harsh realities. 'Sweeping Beauty' Cleans Up With Poetry Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4793976/4857844" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Anoushka Shankar's Turn to 'Rise' September 20, 2005 • The daughter of sitar master Ravi Shankar and sister of Grammy-winning jazz singer Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar has an impeccable musical pedigree. On her new CD, Rise, she mixes a range of styles and instruments to create a sensual, ethereal sound. Anoushka Shankar's Turn to 'Rise' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4855112/4855278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Katrina & Beyond Breaking Down Katrina Costs September 13, 2005 • Hurricane Katrina costs the government $1 billion a day, according to one estimate. Susan Stamberg breaks out expenses associated with efforts to move thousands of New Orleans evacuees on buses. Breaking Down Katrina Costs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4844232/4844233" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Novelty Reigns on Ethel Merman Revival CD August 22, 2005 • A compilation of Ethel Merman recordings from the '50s, The World is Your Balloon, collects songs she recorded for Decca Records. Few are songs Merman herself made famous. Novelty Reigns on Ethel Merman Revival CD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4798048/4803544" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pop Culture 'Six Feet Under' Ready for Final Curtain August 19, 2005 • Sunday marks the last episode of the HBO show Six Feet Under. In five seasons, the series introduced viewers to the Fisher clan and their funeral business. The show's creator, Alan Ball, speaks with Susan Stamberg. 'Six Feet Under' Ready for Final Curtain Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4806471/4806472" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Survey: American Brands Losing Prestige August 17, 2005 • Leading American brands like Coca Cola, Disney and McDonalds, have an image problem, according to a new survey. American companies seem to have lost some prestige the United States began the war in Iraq. Survey: American Brands Losing Prestige Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4803146/4803147" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Interviews Carly Simon Sings American Classics, Again July 28, 2005 • Carly Simon, with Moonlight Serenade is on her fourth recording of American classics by composers like George & Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter. She talks about her musical life, then and now. Carly Simon Sings American Classics, Again Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4771736/4774014" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Miss Lily Keeps Them Talking in Paris July 26, 2005 • In the Luxembourg Gardens, the most beautiful park in Paris, a small white-haired woman sits in the sun inviting conversation. She holds a sign in her lap that reads "Hello! Let's talk." Miss Lily Keeps Them Talking in Paris Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4770776/4770786" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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