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Since the debut of Superman in Action Comics in 1938, fans have been thrilled by the adventures of the Man of Steel. In his book Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, comic book geek Glen Weldon explores the evolution of the superhero in comics, radio and small and large screen.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/25/178850644/75-years-of-superman-the-man-of-steel-s-unauthorized-bio
The creator of the acclaimed AMC series talks about his protagonist â Don Draper â as an aging existentialist looking for meaning in a chaotic world. He says the show’s sixth season, set in 1968, is situated in that historical moment for a reason: to reflect a traumatic passage in Don’s life.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/25/178832854/matthew-weiner-on-mad-men-and-meaning
For their popular podcast, two longtime friends sit down at a kitchen table and share little-known anecdotes and historical facts about New York. Its bare-bones production hasn’t hurt its popularity â it’s been downloaded 5 million times in the past five years.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/12/170668579/bowery-boys-are-amateur-but-beloved-new-york-historians
Writer Michael Lewis was given unusual access to the president for six months for an article for Vanity Fair. Lewis tells Fresh Air that he found a "weird disjuncture between his powers and his powerlessness."
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/12/161003362/michael-lewis-studies-obamas-way
In a profile of Ginsburg for this week’s New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin describes how the incremental philosophy of litigation that helped her win many precedent-setting women’s rights cases as a lawyer is reflected in her career as a Supreme Court justice.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/06/173466698/ruth-bader-ginsburg-the-supreme-courts-heavyweight
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, discusses her new book about the history of the court, and why she doesn’t like the term "swing vote." O’Connor served for 24 years, retiring in 2006 to care for her ailing husband.
When The Associated Press said it would no longer condemn the use of the adverb "hopefully" in its style guide, most people shrugged. But the announcement was a red flag to people who have made the adverb the biggest bugaboo of English usage over the past 50 years.
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/30/153709651/the-word-hopefully-is-here-to-stay-hopefully
We’re living in an age obsessed with authenticity, says linguist Geoff Nunberg, but we often choose to nitpick the wrong details. Whether it’s Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Lincoln or Argo, Nunberg argues, a historical novel or screenplay should give us a translation, not a transcription.
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/26/172955182/historical-vocab-when-we-get-it-wrong-does-it-matter
The uberblogger recently left big media. Will readers’ contributions be enough to pay his blog’s eight-person staff?
In a new book, The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography, religious scholar and author John J. Collins tells the history of the scrolls and the controversies they have prompted, and explores the questions they ask and answer about Judeo-Christian history.
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/13/171072440/dead-sea-scrolls-live-on-in-debate-and-discovery
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