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THE ANTI-NETWORK
Brian Lamb and C-SPAN let the news reveal itself--without staging, stars, or sound bites.- Topic
- Popular Culture
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- in MP3
- Author
- James Lardner
- Publication
- 1994 The New Yorker
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 42 minutes
ALWAYS WITH US
Jeffrey Sach's plan to eradicate world poverty- Topic
- World Issues
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- in MP3
- Author
- John Cassidy
- Publication
- 2005 The New Yorker
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 32 minutes
GOOGLE'S MOON SHOT
The quest for the universal library.- Topic
- Computers and Internet
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- in MP3
- Author
- Jeffrey Toobin
- Publication
- 2007 The New Yorker
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 34 minutes
THE BIG ONE
Historians rethink the war to end all wars.- Topic
- History and Biography
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- in MP3
- Author
- Adam Gopnik
- Publication
- 2004 The New Yorker
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 42 minutes
MY BROTHER, THE STRANGER
Autism in the family- Topic
- Health and Medicine
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- in MP3
- Author
- Eve Silberman
- Publication
- 2005 Ann Arbor Observer
- Read by
- Pamela Lewis
- Length
- 29 minutes
THE PERFECT THING
Five years ago, Apple engineers used foam core and old fishing weights to craft a model of a new MP3 player. The age the of iPod was about to begin.- Topic
- Computers and Internet
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- in MP3
- Author
- Steven Levy
- Publication
- 2006 WIRED
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 24 minutes
A FLEET OF ONE
Eighty thousand pounds of Dangerous Goods- Topic
- Business and Economics
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- in MP3
- Author
- John McPhee
- Publication
- 2003 The New Yorker
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 85 minutes
THE ADVENTURE OF THE STOCKBROKER'S CLERK
- Topic
- Fiction
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- in MP3
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Publication
- 1922 Sherlock Holmes
- Read by
- Ken Phifer
- Length
- 33 minutes
INVENTING SHERLOCK HOLMES
A review of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volumes 1 and 2.- Topic
- Arts and Humanities
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- in MP3
- Author
- Michael Chabon
- Publication
- 2005 The NY Review of Books
- Read by
- Ken Phifer
- Length
- 18 minutes
THE GAME'S AFOOT
A review of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volumes 1 and 2.- Topic
- Arts and Humanities
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- in MP3
- Author
- Michael Chabon
- Publication
- 2005 The NY Review of Books
- Read by
- Ken Phifer
- Length
- 30 minutes
GOOGLE WANTS TO DOMINATE MADISON AVENUE, TOO
In many ways, Larry Page and Sergey Brin seem an unlikely pair to lead an advertising revolution.- Topic
- Computers and Internet
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- in MP3
- Author
- Saul Hansell
- Publication
- 2005 The New York Times
- Read by
- David Henry
- Length
- 22 minutes
THE IMAGE CULTURE
How, in time, will images influence our cultural memory- Topic
- Popular Culture
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- in MP3
- Author
- Christine Rosen
- Publication
- 2005 The New Atlantis
- Read by
- Vi Benner
- Length
- 54 minutes
I AM, THEREFORE I THINK
The plight of the body in modern thought.- Topic
- Essays
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- in MP3
- Author
- Terry Eagleton
- Publication
- 2004 Harper's Magazine
- Read by
- Vi Benner
- Length
- 23 minutes
THE END OF THE WORLD
Interpreting the plague- Topic
- Health and Medicine
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- in MP3
- Author
- Joan Acocella
- Publication
- 2005 The New Yorker
- Read by
- Vi Benner
- Length
- 22 minutes
DISAPPEARING DISHES
How Diana Kennedy is rescuing everyday food- Topic
- Popular Culture
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- in MP3
- Author
- Alma Guillermoprieto
- Publication
- 2005 The New Yorker
- Read by
- Vi Benner
- Length
- 17 minutes
CALLIOPE TIMES
A life in the circus- Topic
- Popular Culture
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- in MP3
- Author
- Edward Hoagland
- Publication
- 2000 The New Yorker
- Read by
- David Zinn
- Length
- 27 minutes