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The New Noisy Sky
A decades-long effort to redesign aircraft surveillance systems and some of the good and bad it has created.
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Engines Guest Episode
No pressure, but can you, a complete radio novice, write and record a tribute episode for your dad that will air nationally?
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A week in Sayulita
A week-long trip to Sayulita, Mexico in pictures.
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An Unearthed Journal Joins Social Media
A lost journal discovered. The fates of books. The fate of fate.
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Brain Drains
Learn, forget, learn, repeat
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Oregon
My family travels into two rental cars across Oregon. What a state. The place is nice too.
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The Orgo Experience
It's Wednesday, 5pm, and I'm nervously awaiting my grade in Organic Chemistry, the class I've been quietly suffering through since January. I've been getting anxious, speculative texts from classmates…
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On Losing a Pet
One afternoon in March, our beautiful cat Target went outside and never returned.
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Slow-Reading with Proust
The Swann's Way experience. #literature #proust
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Percival (Thelonious Ellison) Everett
Write like you talk. Play like you walk. On last night's reading at Brazos Bookstore.
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Welcome to Suckville, A Week in Quarantine
Quality time spent with radioactive iodine.
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Ms. Wasteful and the Montana Man
Left alone in an Upper West Side apartment in 2003, with books, and a story lost then later found.
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Skewering the Skeuomorphs
A design trend and an upheaval.
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Kerala: Judaism, Communism
Mattanchery in Kochi’s western district is a popular tourist destination notable for its eclectic blend of historical sites and bazaars. One of its most famous neighborhoods is an area…
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Bill Hanley: Genius
The man who single-handedly invented the concert sound system. File under: amazing people deserving wider recognition.
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The Black Orpheus Mystery
Black Orpheus is a beautiful movie with an equally beautiful soundtrack. I recently found a copy of the original LP for $3, which is now in almost constant rotation.
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The Zachary Breaux Jazz Fest (Jazz Where Least Expected)
Many years ago, guitarist Zachary Breaux took a vacation with his wife and three daughters to the sandy beaches of Florida. As they meandered along the shore the group…
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The Freakishly Smart President
Which President earns the title Most Freakishly Smart?
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The Bufos are Back
It’s late spring and the toads have returned. Every April thousands of breeding-obsessed amphibians invade our neighborhood for an extended game of Where’s-the-tadpole? These fat little lumps, better known as the…
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Roger Ebert: Hero
Roger Ebert’s battle with throat cancer has been an unattended background story for many years. News that the disease cost him his jaw and the ability to speak emerged…
