Opinion Big-Screen Memories Of A New York Adventure November 29, 2009 • It was 1939, the year of the New York World's Fair, Germany's invasion of Poland, and the publication of Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. It's also the year two 18-year-old girls from Denver took a train to the East Coast for an adventure that inspired a Hollywood musical. Big-Screen Memories Of A New York Adventure Listen · 7:39 7:39 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120928971/120933040" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes When FDR Tried - And Failed - To Move Thanksgiving November 25, 2009 • In 1939, the nation was thrown into confusion when Franklin Roosevelt tried to move Thanksgiving back a week, hoping to boost Christmas shopping sales. The move didn't work and Congress moved the holiday to the fourth Thursday in November permanently in 1941. Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of Happy Franksgiving: How FDR tried, and failed, to change a national holiday, published in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, shares the story. When FDR Tried - And Failed - To Move Thanksgiving Listen · 3:48 3:48 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120846038/120846007" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Net At 40 The 'Wild And Woolly' World Of Bulletin Boards November 21, 2009 • These days, if you want to find a fling, a friend or a cheap used sofa, you might check craigslist. But decades before Craig Newmark posted his first list, computer users all over the country were connecting through electronic bulletin boards. The 'Wild And Woolly' World Of Bulletin Boards Listen · 4:58 4:58 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120649723/120652942" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Book Recounts Challenges Of Eradicating Smallpox November 20, 2009 • In Smallpox: The Death of a Disease, Dr. D.A. Henderson recounts the history of the deadly virus, from the development of the first vaccine in the late 18th century to his involvement in the successful global eradication campaign in the 1960s and 70s. Book Recounts Challenges Of Eradicating Smallpox Listen · 15:37 15:37 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120613268/120613249" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Net At 40 The Man Who Made You Put Away Your Pen November 15, 2009 • When was the last time you actually set pen to paper and mailed off a personal letter to someone? It's probably been awhile — and the man responsible is Ray Tomlinson. In 1971, Tomlinson changed the way the world communicated when he invented e-mail. The Man Who Made You Put Away Your Pen Listen · 4:03 4:03 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120364591/120438174" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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O. Louis Mazzatenta/National Geographic Terra Cotta Warriors March Through Washington November 15, 2009 • In 1974, a group of farmers digging a well in central China stumbled upon a buried figure. It turned out to be one of an estimated 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors in an underground tomb complex. The warriors and a host of other figures were created for China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi. Host Guy Raz drops by the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., to see an exhibit of the figures. Terra Cotta Warriors March Through Washington Listen · 4:58 4:58 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120418660/120438140" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Impact of War 'Hallowed Ground': A Final Resting Place At Arlington November 11, 2009 • Thousands of people will visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veteran's Day — just a snapshot of the four million visitors who pass through America's revered burial ground each year. Author Robert M. Poole discusses his new book, On Hallowed Ground, which traces the history of the nation's most celebrated military cemetery. 'Hallowed Ground': A Final Resting Place At Arlington Listen · 17:08 17:08 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120318330/120318314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Eyewitness To History: The Fall Of The Berlin Wall November 9, 2009 • Twenty years ago today — on Nov. 9, 1989 — crowds swelled at the barrier that divided East and West Berlin as the wall that stood as a symbol of the Cold War came down. Where were you on that day? Eyewitness To History: The Fall Of The Berlin Wall Listen · 47:15 47:15 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120243522/120245824" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The World Reacts As The Wall Comes Down November 9, 2009 • Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other guests join Neal Conan to discuss the global significance of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. The World Reacts As The Wall Comes Down Listen · 47:30 47:30 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120247406/120247821" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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After The Fall: 20 Years After The Berlin Wall The Night David Hasselhoff Rocked The Berlin Wall November 8, 2009 • David Hasselhoff is best known for the TV shows Baywatch and Knight Rider, but to Germans he's a pop hero. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hasselhoff reminisces about his song that became a soundtrack for that historic moment, "Looking for Freedom." The Night David Hasselhoff Rocked The Berlin Wall Listen · 4:01 4:01 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120191822/120227935" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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After The Fall: 20 Years After The Berlin Wall In The End, Fall Of Berlin Wall Was Gorbachev's Call November 8, 2009 • Nov. 9, 1989, is remembered by many as a moment of joy and a triumph of U.S. diplomacy. But a review of historical documents paints a more complex picture, with Washington worried that events were moving too slowly — and Moscow embracing the change.
Baron/Getty Images Movie Interviews Liz Taylor: A Leading Lady For Life November 5, 2009 • From her multiple marriages to her diamond collecting, a new biography by William Mann — aptly titled How to Be a Movie Star — details the dramatic life of one of Hollywood's all-time leading ladies. "Elizabeth always loved living large, and it served her very well," he says. Liz Taylor: A Leading Lady For Life Listen · 8:09 8:09 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/120132605/120145265" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Plastic Peril? The History Of Plastic: From Billiards To Bibs October 30, 2009 • Plastics have been touted as a miracle material by some, and criticized as artificial and toxic by others. But, nowadays, it's hard to imagine life without plastics: Cars, textiles, televisions, computers and food containers all have plastic parts. But synthetic plastics are a relatively new invention; production of consumer plastics didn't really take off until after World War II.
Books People ... People Who Eat People October 30, 2009 • In her book Dinner With a Cannibal, writer Carole Travis-Henikoff documents the long — and often hidden — history of cannibalism in humans. Travis-Henikoff notes that cannibalism wasn't always taboo, whether it be eating loved ones out of respect or eating enemies out of disdain. People ... People Who Eat People Listen · 12:00 12:00 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114319712/114319694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Happy Birthday, Internet October 30, 2009 • On Oct. 29, 1969, around 10:30 P.M., a message from one computer was sent over a modified phone line to another computer hundreds of miles away. Some say the Internet was born that day. UCLA computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock, who was there, gives his account. Happy Birthday, Internet Listen · 17:42 17:42 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/114319703/114319692" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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