It does what it says on the tin - 28 acts in 28 minutes
It does what it says on the tin - 28 acts in 28 minutes
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How does Ira Glass keep finding these amazing stories? I particularly loved ‘Act One’ told by Sixties comedy duo (and married couple) Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall: the act that had the bad luck to appear on the same Ed Sullivan show as the Beatles.
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The voices of surviving Manhattan Project scientists. Fascinating and moving.
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Glorious Obama-themed edition of America’s best (or second-best, depending on how I’m feeling) radio show.
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Peter White explores the history of Braille - from its revolutionary invention to its current decline in the face of modern digital technology.
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One of six Adam Curtis interviews with The Register at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/23/beeb_week_adam_curtis_2/
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"We can´t survive without them — and we´ve long underestimated their prowess. Controversially, bacteria could even have cognitive talents that rival our own. Predatory behaviour, cooperation, memory — Jules Verne eat your heart out — Natasha Mitchell takes you on a strange adventure into the secret world of microbial mentality" via Hugh
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Brief interview with Steve Smith, formerly editor of The Spokesman-Review newspaper of Spokane, Washington. Contains the splendid line: "I’m not out to save newspapers. It may not be possible to save newspapers. But it ought to be possible to save journalism."
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