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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
Chris Hughes, 29, is the 98-year-old magazine’s publisher. He’s facing the same challenges other print media owners do: How to marry in-depth news articles with screens that seem to be getting smaller and smaller. Hughes tells Steve Inskeep it’s a task he’s prepared to tackle.
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170523571/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-redesigns-new-republic
Bob Dorough composed, conducted and sang much of the music in the beloved series of educational shorts.
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/06/168699556/the-voice-of-schoolhouse-rock-on-the-series-at-40
The new adaptation of Tolkien’s book gets our Middle Earth nerdery going.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/ars-technicast-episode-17-deconstructing-the-hobbit/
Conventional wisdom says e-books are destroying the traditional publishing business model. But the story’s not that simple. For one thing, flexible pricing allows publishers to hold what amount to one-day-only sales on any given title â which means more people will discover that book.
In his new book, author and oenophile Paul Lukacs traces the 8,000-year history of our original alcoholic beverage â from ancient times, when wine was believed to be of divine origin, to the sauvignon blanc you find in your supermarket today.
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/04/166186416/inventing-wine-the-history-of-a-very-vintage-beverage
On Election Day, voters in Colorado and Washington cast their ballots in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. In his recent cover story for Newsweek, journalist Tony Dokoupil reported on the booming cannabis business in Colorado and its prospects for regulated expansion.
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/13/164981433/legalizing-and-regulating-pot-a-growth-industry