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NPR: Hourly News Summary Podcast Five minutes of NPR news, updated hourly. NPR Hourly Newscast [30 Jul 2010 at 11:14am] A brief update of the top news of the hour Listen

NPR: Second Stage from All Songs Considered Podcast Discover the best in new and breakout bands on Second Stage, NPR Music's showcase for great unknown artists. Beloved Rogue: Daysleeping [27 Jul 2010 at 5:19pm] This New York-based trio makes lush, epic rock with ringing guitars and plenty of dark reverb. Check out the band's website for more info: http://belovedrogue.com/ Listen A Viberatto: East [26 Jul 2010 at 5:04pm] Based out of Stone Ridge, NY, this band makes beautiful instrumental music with a touch of whimsy and plenty of heart. Listen Kenneth Pattengale: Laredo [23 Jul 2010 at 2:56pm] Kenneth Pattengale is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter whose heartfelt tunes are steeped heavily in the best of Americana. His latest CD is 'Speak.' Check out his tour schedule and you might be able to snag a free copy at one of his shows. http://www.kennethpattengale.com/2010/ Listen Hurricane Lanterns: I Don't Care [22 Jul 2010 at 4:20pm] Hurricane Lanterns is the music of Seattle-based singer-songwriter Patrick Dodd. His debut album is 'Hymns For The Misguided.' Learn more at the Hurricane Lanterns webpage: http://www.myspace.com/hurricanelanterns Listen Mura Mura: Saul Stares [21 Jul 2010 at 4:39pm] This Minnesota-based band recorded a handful of beautiful little EP and is giving away for free on its website: http://www.muramuramusic.com/ Listen Fading Collection: March Rabbits [20 Jul 2010 at 4:20pm] Though the '90s rave scene passed, Fading Collection's latest EP Attakk recalls the jolting sounds of electronica bands like The Prodigy and The Crystal Method. With Sarah McGuinn's breathy melodies, Fading Collection packages the group's explosive energy in shorter indie-pop tracks rather than techno marathons. Listen Foster The People: Pumped Up Kicks [15 Jul 2010 at 5:05pm] The Los Angeles-based band Foster The People hasn't released an album yet, but this single should get you eager for their full-length debut. A killer melody floats lightly over a surf guitar lick as mellow as low-tide. Ambient synths echo a distant cicada buzz creating a hazy summer feel. "Pumped Up Kicks" is an indie-pop jam that exudes sunny californian vibes. Listen The Sister Ruby Band: Your Mother Should Now [14 Jul 2010 at 3:37pm] The Sister Ruby Band is the work of Los Angeles-based songwriter Johnny Ruby. His latest album is 'A Shot In The Dark.' Listen Setting Sun: What We Wanted [12 Jul 2010 at 1:48pm] This is from an artist we featured on Second Stage a couple of years ago, but worth passing along again. Setting Sun is a quintet led by frontman and producer Gary Levitt. The band's third album, Children of the Wild, evokes the laid-back simple life of Levitt's Upstate New York home. Driven by simple acoustic guitar lines, Erica Quitzow's graceful string orchestrations, and Levitt's hushed vocals, Setting Sun's arrangements are dramatic and poignant. Listen Noam Dagger: Suffering Hands [9 Jul 2010 at 4:52pm] This Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter's latest album is called 'Eat Your Heart Out.' Hear more of his music online: http://www.myspace.com/noamdagger Listen Field Days: Half Past Tennessee [8 Jul 2010 at 2:59pm] This Nashville-based group's latest CD is called 'Projector.' For more, check out the Field Days website: http://www.myspace.com/fielddays Listen MiniBoone: Devil In Your Eyes [7 Jul 2010 at 11:16am] The Brooklyn-based rock band, MiniBoone, has an uninhibited love for loud and fast music. The group's EP, Big Changes, is joyous power-pop with unpredictable twists and turns. Listen Mother Falcon: Marigold [29 Jun 2010 at 10:47am] The group's album, Still Life, is a delicate balance of bright strings, horns and woodwinds, all tied together in upbeat hooks and charming male-female vocals. Listen Marv Ellis: Opus [22 Jun 2010 at 4:33pm] Marv Ellis is a rapper based in Portland, OR who says he's been making and performing "positive hip-hop" for the past ten years. Find more at http://www.marvellis.org Listen Jim Sande: Fire And Swimming [21 Jun 2010 at 4:14pm] Jim Sande is an artist, writer and musician living in upstate New York. He makes lovely little instrumental songs like this one, from his album 'Harvest Bell Ride.' Check out his website at http://www.jimsande.org Listen Civil Civic: Less Unless [18 Jun 2010 at 5:39pm] Before listening to Civil Civic, make sure to safely stow your acoustic guitar, along with your beard-rock records, and any other breakable items; You wouldn't want anything to get damaged by the inevitable, frenetic limb-flailing that's about to occur. Listen Shapiro: Right And Wrong [17 Jun 2010 at 4:34pm] Shaprio is a five-piece, arty pop group from Athens, GA and the D.C. metro area with a new, self-titled CD that draws heavily on the work of The Beatles, David Bowie and Queen, particularly in the group's harmonies. Listen Frame The City: Headlines For White Lines [21 May 2010 at 11:28am] Frame The City is the electro-pop music of Nate Moceri, based in Portland, Ore. His full-length debut was 2009's 'Someday We Will All Be The Same.' This cut, "Headlines For White Lies," is from Frame The City's recent EP, 'We Were Wolves.' Listen The Spend: Gills (Dry) [18 May 2010 at 3:17pm] The Spend is a one-man project featuring the music of Chicago native Matt Shaw. Shaw writes and records the songs, creates all of the album art, and owns and runs the label that released The Spend's latest record, Mild Peril. Listen Good Riddler: Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea [14 May 2010 at 8:49am] Nicholas Philip Sprague-Wolch, who writes and records as Goodriddler, refers to himself as an organic, electronic singer-songwriter, but his compositions explore much more than just the world of song. His new, mostly instrumental album, Tickling The Tail Of The Tiger, is as eerie as it is iridescent. Listen

NPR: Books Podcast NPR book reviews, news and author interviews -- for people who love to read. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs. Periodic Table, Hamlet's BlackBerry, more [27 Jul 2010 at 11:46am] Stories in this episode: 1) Fun And Intrigue With The Periodic Table 2) Sir Thomas Lipton And His Empire Of Tea 3) 'Hamlet's BlackBerry': To Surf Or Not To Surf? 4) 'Cookbook Collector': Updated Austen Hits The Spot Listen Penicillin, CIA Insiders, Humorist Sloan Crosley, more [19 Jul 2010 at 9:33am] Stories in this episode: 1) Former CIA Insider Pens First Novel 'Intelligence' 2) Gerritsen On Follett's Repellent, Fascinating 'Needle' 3) Humorist Sloane Crosley's Got Your 'Number' 4) 'McKay's Bees' Alive With Wit And Wonder 5) Penicillin Comes Of Age In 'A Fierce Radiance' Listen 'To Kill A Mockingbird' At 50, Bookless Libraries, more [11 Jul 2010 at 1:44pm] Stories in this episode: 1) 50 Years On, 'Mockingbird' Still Sings America's Song 2) Stanford Ushers In The Age Of Bookless Libraries 3) A 'Thousand Autumns' In The Land Of The Rising Sun 4) 'The Madonnas Of Echo Park': Residents, Reinvented Listen Cobain's Journals, 'Double Take' Author, more [6 Jul 2010 at 12:22pm] Stories in this episode: 1) 'Double Take' Author: Skiing Hard And Staring Back 2) Cobain's Journals: The Writer Behind The Rock Star 3) 'Pearl Buck In China': A Child Across The Good Earth Listen Summer Books, India's Diverse Faiths, more [24 Jun 2010 at 1:10pm] Stories in this episode: 1) Summer Books That Make The Critics' Cut 2) India's Diverse Faiths, As Told Through 'Nine Lives' 3) Tamsen Donner: Pioneer Dame Of The Donner Party Listen Summertime Escapes, M.J. Rose, more [22 Jun 2010 at 11:14am] Stories in this episode: 1) Fiction, Long And Short, For Summertime Escapes 2) Haunted 'River' Waters Flow Below A Grand Hotel 3) On Tour With Best-Selling Suspense Writer M.J. Rose Listen Facebook, Vampires, Native American Folk Tales [15 Jun 2010 at 7:53am] Stories in this episode: 1) Native American Folk Tales Take A Graphic Turn 2) Vampire Stories: Two New Twists On An Old Nemesis 3 Author Explores The Evolution Of Facebook Listen 15 Summer Reads, Books for World Cup Fever, and more [4 Jun 2010 at 12:03pm] Stories in this episode: 1) Booksellers' Picks: 15 Soaring Summer Reads 2) 'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain Online 3) In 'Believers', Courage And Cowardice Of Conviction 4) Three Books To Ignite Your World Cup Fever Listen Rush Limbaugh, Emily Dickinson, more [28 May 2010 at 9:34am] Stories in this episode: 1) Zev Chafets talks about his new biography of the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, 'An Army of One.' 2) The New York Botanical Garden has a new exhibit that re-creates the gardens of the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. 3) Maureen Corrigan reviews 'Private Life,' the new novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley. Listen Bottled Water, Real Life Terror, Roddy Doyle [21 May 2010 at 10:58am] Stories in this episode: 1) Mohsin Hamid found parallels between his novel and the life of the suspected Times Square bomber. 2) Freshwater expert Peter Gleick explains what's bottled water -- and why we drink it -- in the book 'Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.' 3) 'The Dead Republic,' the final chapter of Roddy Doyle's Henry Smart trilogy, finds Henry reflecting on his life. Listen

This I Believe: Podcast People from all walks of life describe their personal philosophies in a brief essay. Ying Ying Yu: A Duty To Family, Heritage And Country by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [26 Jul 2010 at 3:00pm] Ying Ying Yu has a maturity beyond her years. The 13-year old immigrant from China believes she has a duty to honor the sacrifices made by her parents, her ancestors, her teachers and her homeland. Listen Muhammad Zafrulla Khan: The Sum Of All Wisdom by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [23 Jul 2010 at 10:00pm] As a devout Muslim, Pakistani Foreign Minister Muhammad Khan believes the object of man?s existence is to seek union with God through the cultivation of divine attributes within himself. Listen Tony Hawk: Do What You Love by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [20 Jul 2010 at 12:00am] Tony Hawk has turned what many consider a childhood activity into a professional career. Now for Hawk, skateboarding is not only a job, it?s a means of expression and a foundation for personal belief. Listen William L. Shirer: A Reporter Quotes His Sources by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [16 Jul 2010 at 11:00pm] Reporting from Germany during Nazi rule, journalist William L. Shirer learned the value of tolerance and freedom. Shirer believes that man?s resilience, especially during times of war, comes from having a rich inner life of reflection and contemplation. Listen Chester Bowles: Response To The New Bombs by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [9 Jul 2010 at 3:00pm] Diplomat Chester Bowles believes each person has a responsibility to uphold the truths and ideals outlined in the Declaration of Independence and the Bible. In doing so, Bowles says, we live lives worth saving. Listen Will Durant: Liberty Is Over by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [2 Jul 2010 at 3:00pm] Historian Will Durant spent much of his life chronicling human civilization. He believes our highest virtues are those that promote survival of the group over the individual. Durant, a one-time socialist, says too much liberty can be a dangerous thing. Listen Verona Wylie Slater: To Preserve A Benevolent Attitude by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [25 Jun 2010 at 3:00pm] In her youth, Verona Wylie Slater?s beliefs were shaped by her father, a Presbyterian minister, and by her brothers, who were writers. As an adult, Slater embraced the traits she wanted to embody as a woman and mother: wisdom, gentleness and bravery. Listen Arnold Toynbee: I Agree With A Pagan by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [18 Jun 2010 at 3:00pm] Arnold Toynbee says everyone has certain skills and knowledge, yet what makes us truly human is how we relate to other people. The noted historian believes that suffering is not only inevitable but it is indispensable in gaining a lifelong education. Listen Niven Busch: The Fellowship Of The World by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [11 Jun 2010 at 3:00pm] Movie writer Niven Busch appreciated the solitude of a horseback ride on his ranch. But he also valued the bustle and chaos of a subway trip in a crowded city. Busch believed these journeys allowed him to better connect with his fellow wayfarers. Listen Helen Hayes: A Morning Prayer In A Little Church by wp@thisibelieve.org (This I Believe, Inc.) [4 Jun 2010 at 4:00pm] From 1952, Oscar-winning actress Helen Hayes explains that in spite of her theatrical success, it took the death of her daughter to teach her the interdependence of humanity and the need for more compassion. Listen

alt.NPR: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything TOE is an ongoing attempt at understanding the many diverse and seemingly unrelated threads that make up human experience. Host and creator Benjamen Walker employs monologues, drama, telephone conversations, interviews, reported pieces and investigative fiction in this ongoing adventure. New TOE series - WORK! [6 Mar 2007 at 9:14pm] This week TOE kicks off an all new series, our old friend Peter Choyce even makes an appearance. WORK part 1. Listen... Listen Torture, ticking time bombs, and the American way [26 Feb 2007 at 7:23pm] I finally broke down and watched Michael Winterbottom's The Road To Guantanamo the other night. As cynical as I am, I still find it astonishing that this place remains open and that there are those who still justify its... Listen Fall conspiracies - le finale [7 Nov 2006 at 4:41am] Here is the last installment of a running story about the truth behind 9-11 and who is really running our country. It absolutely terrifies me how much of this program (that Chris B and I put together in 2003)... Listen Fall Conspiracies part deux [26 Oct 2006 at 3:23am] Listen.... Listen Fall Conspiracies [19 Oct 2006 at 3:41pm] As your host heads out to China and Hong Kong in pursuit of TOE's next series of programs, we are going to play a bit of catch up and run a three part series of pieces from a program... Listen TOE 33 - Darth Vader [11 Oct 2006 at 10:49am] This is another expanded piece from one of the TOE radio shows - but I thought I should put it up in all its glory. This was made almost 5 years ago by myself with Sean Cole - its... Listen The bugs, the bugs [30 Sep 2006 at 7:40pm] This week we are running an expanded version of a story from TOE's radio days - Landlord Mitch and the Cockroaches. Its pretty much bugs, bugs, bugs all the time here at TOE now. Check out this post on... Listen AIS: The Observer Effect (The Final Chapter) [21 Sep 2006 at 2:09am] This week our Adventures in Surveillance series comes to a close, with more of a wimper than a bang. Thanks this week to Chris B, Wikipedia, Ajda, and Meredith and of course Werner Heisenberg. Listen... Listen TOE - sex and the internets [11 Sep 2006 at 9:44pm] With the promised ultimate finale for our Adventures in Surveillance series already a week late - it has been decided that I should just post something from the archives so as to keep the angry hoards at bay. So,... Listen PENULTIMATE AIS: A midget Walks Into A Bar... [1 Sep 2006 at 6:22pm] A Chinese midget walks into a bar and climbs up on the stool next to TOE's DC coorespondant Chris B jumpstarting our penultimate instalment of Adventures in Surveillance. If you have been listening since the beginning you will recall... Listen