Astrophysicist extraordinaire Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses the past, present, and future of Americaâs space program. Tyson talks with Living on Earthâs Steve Curwood about his latest book âSpace Chronicles â Facing the Ultimate Frontierâ and about why America needs to return to space.
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00015&segmentID=6
We’ve discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other products for Apple in China. Marketplace’s China correspondent Rob Schmitz discovered the fabrications. Transcript. Press Release.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/retraction
Mike Daisey was a self-described "worshipper in the cult of Mac." Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory
We had the voice of Jesus, Alec Sulkin on this episode. Yes it’s true, Alec writes, produces and performs the voice of Jesus for Family Guy. Alec was feeling charitable and spent 90-minutes with us for the 4th time and even judges our Twitter contest which generated hundreds of entries. During the interview, we get answers to the following questions… Where does Alec go on a 1st date? Does Alec use Twitter to find dates? Has he ever sent a penis camera phone pic to a lover? Who does Alec pick to win our best tweet contest? Does Alec participate in our Karaoke Challenge and if so what song does he sing? When Alec dies, what would he like to be remembered for? All of that plus Alec describes what he does while taking a shit.
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Why would a company rent an office in a tiny town in East Texas, put a nameplate on the door, and leave it completely empty for a year? The answer involves a controversial billionaire physicist in Seattle, a 40 pound cookbook, and a war waging right now, all across the software and tech industries. (Transcript)
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack