Dan Ariely Takes on 'Irrational' Economic Impulses March 31, 2008 • Ariely's new book, Predictably Irrational examines real-life decision making in an effort to determine why we waste money, underestimate risks, and procrastinate. Dan Ariely reads from 'Predictably Irrational.' Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89233955/89249055" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Obituaries Filmmaker Jules Dassin, 96, Dies March 31, 2008 • Acclaimed American filmmaker Jules Dassin, best-known for Topkapi and Never on Sunday, was blacklisted in Hollywood for his membership in the American Communist Party. He died Monday in Athens. Filmmaker Jules Dassin, 96, Dies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89260951/89261173" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Author Interviews Suri Channels Conflicted Female Voice in 'Shiva' March 26, 2008 • Set in a newly independent — and bitterly divided — India, Manil Suri's The Age of Shiva is a story of a woman's journey in love, motherhood and family. Suri makes an imaginative leap into the intense voice of a female narrator caught between identities, faiths and ideologies. Manil Suri reads from 'The Age of Shiva' Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88411600/89126569" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Obituaries 'Space Odyssey' Author Clarke Dies at 90 March 19, 2008 • Writer Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He was 90. He's best known for writing 2001: A Space Odyssey, but he wrote many dozens of science fiction novels. Clarke, a trained scientist who united intellectual rigor with imagination, inspired generations of writers and scientists with his powerfully humane vision of the future. 'Space Odyssey' Author Clarke Dies at 90 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88552259/88552238" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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SXSW Music Festival At 72, Veteran Musician Scores in a New Scene March 14, 2008 • Best known for his sly, sexy party anthems, 72-year-old Andre Williams toiled in the music industry trenches for decades, battling homelessness and addiction along the way. In the 1990s, he was rediscovered by young white rockers. At 72, Veteran Musician Scores in a New Scene Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88189943/88251817" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Art & Design Ethiopian-American Artists Make Their Mark March 13, 2008 • Author Dinaw Mengestu is among a generation of Ethiopian Americans whose families fled the East African nation in the 1970s and '80s. Now their writing, music and art are adding a new chapter to the epic of American immigration. Ethiopian-American Artists Make Their Mark Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7853032/7859407" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology New Technologies Challenge FCC to Evolve March 4, 2008 • Chairman Kevin Martin's foiled attempt to regulate cable may signal an inability for the FCC to exert influence over new technologies that will eventually become more dominant than broadcast media. The FCC will have to change to remain relevant. New Technologies Challenge FCC to Evolve Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87898676/87898643" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion In Character Valentino's Sheik: An 'Other' Made to Swoon Over February 4, 2008 • The Sheik, starring a smoldering Italian immigrant named Rudolph Valentino in the title role, helped make Valentino Hollywood's first sex symbol — and introduced an exotic, erotic character to millions. Valentino's Sheik: An 'Other' Made to Swoon Over Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18602260/18656599" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'Cloverfield' Release Will Be Test of Online Hype January 11, 2008 • Cloverfield, the highly anticipated new film produced by the creator of such TV shows as Alias and Lost, is out in theaters next week. For months, Internet speculation about the movie has been rampant. 'Cloverfield' Release Will Be Test of Online Hype Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18028350/18031837" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies The Ones That Got Away: Patrick Tam January 1, 2008 • Patrick Tam stopped making movies 17 years ago, after a career that established him as perhaps Hong Kong's leading director. His name is legend in world cinema. Now he has a new film, After This Our Exile. But he does not have a U.S. distributor. Neda Ulaby introduces us to Tam as part of our series on "the ones that got away." The Ones That Got Away: Patrick Tam Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17764976/17759394" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music News Jazz Piano Master Oscar Peterson Dies December 24, 2007 • Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, who grew up in Montreal and called Canada home for his whole life, has died at the age of 82. He led the Oscar Peterson Trio for much of the 1950s and collaborated with jazz luminaries Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Milt Jackson and others. Jazz Piano Master Oscar Peterson Dies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17587235/17587205" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Christmas Tribute to Tuba Star Turns 33 December 21, 2007 • Since 1974, U.S. tuba players have gathered en masse to play Christmas music in tribute to William J. Bell, a beloved figure in the annals of American tuba history, who died on Christmas Day in 1971. For the 33rd Tuba Christmas, musicians in 224 cities across the U.S. — including Fredericksburg, Va. — are scheduled to participate. Christmas Tribute to Tuba Star Turns 33 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17525045/17525009" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media FCC May Vote to Loosen Media Ownership Rules December 18, 2007 • The Federal Communications Commission is set to take a controversial vote. The five commissioners will tackle whether a single media company can own a TV or radio station and a newspaper in the same market. The proposal has drawn stinging criticism from Congress and the public. FCC May Vote to Loosen Media Ownership Rules Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17344694/17344674" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies For the Love of 'Omega Man' December 17, 2007 • The sci-fi movie I Am Legend is the fourth film adaptation of a 1954 book by Richard Matheson. Previous iterations include the Charlton Heston cult classic Omega Man. For the Love of 'Omega Man' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17308426/17307472" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life A 'Legend' of a Tale, Remade for Era After Era December 16, 2007 • A 1950s novella gets its fourth big-screen adaptation this winter. Neda Ulaby talks to the story's fans and the film's creators to find out why the apocalypse just keeps on coming. A 'Legend' of a Tale, Remade for Era After Era Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/17275555/17300927" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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