Storytelling
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Once Upon An Election
Friday, November 07, 2014
In the aftermath of midterms, election results swiftly fractured into election narratives.
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Remembering Legendary Editor Ben Bradlee
Friday, October 24, 2014
Bob remembers the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who died this Tuesday at age 93.
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Want to Make a Bot That'll Write a Novel? November is the Time to do it.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
November is National Novel Writing Month. This year, for the second time, it's also National Novel Generation Month
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Two Journalists Debate Coverage of Israel-Palestine
Friday, October 10, 2014
Ethan Bronner and Matti Friedman, two journalists who've devoted their careers to reporting on Israel and Palestine, discuss how the international press treats this thorny story.
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Ebola in Liberia, Outbreak Narratives, and Covering Israel-Palestine
Friday, October 10, 2014
A Liberian journalist on covering a deadly epidemic, how Hollywood influences our understanding of Ebola, and a debate between two journalists about the press and Israel-Palestine.
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Ethan Bronner & Matti Friedman on Coverage of Israel-Palestine
Thursday, October 09, 2014
Ethan Bronner, deputy national editor for the New York Times, and Matti Friedman, Jerusalem-based journalist, debate how the international press treats the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Me and Dog
Friday, October 03, 2014
Two-time Pulitzer-prize winning Washington Post writer Gene Weingarten, an atheist, is fed up with the relentless drumming of religion into the heads of our impressionable youth.
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The USS Pueblo Propaganda War
Friday, September 26, 2014
In 1968, an American spy ship was captured by North Korea, and its 82 crew members became propaganda pawns on television and radio worldwide.
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Animating Anti-Extremism
Friday, September 26, 2014
With the gruesome ISIS propaganda war in full force, a home-grown cartoon character named Abdullah-X is the face of a grassroots approach to anti-extremism.
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Staring into the Abyss
Friday, September 19, 2014
Brooke explores our long fascination with nihilism: why it's popular today, and whether that's always been the case.
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TLDR #37 - Every City Gets the Hero it Deserves
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
The Philadelphia Police's investigation of a hate crime finds an unlikely ally: a local anonymous sports blogger.
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#37 - Every City Gets the Hero it Deserves
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
The Philadelphia Police's investigation of a hate crime finds an unlikely ally: a local anonymous sports blogger.
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TLDR #36 - The Mystery of Childish Gambino
Monday, September 15, 2014
TLDR explores the mystery of Childish Gambino's creation myth.
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#36 - The Mystery of Childish Gambino
Monday, September 15, 2014
Rapper Childish Gambino (a.k.a. actor Donald Glover) claims his rap pseudonym came from a Wu-Tang name generator. But investigating whether that's true led us on an odyssey of discovery.
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Bruce W. Bray Jr.
Friday, September 12, 2014
On the Media producer Chris Neary reports an obit of Bruce W. Bray Jr.
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Brooke and Bob on the Decline of Beat Reporting
Friday, September 12, 2014
Bob remembers the best story he got while working the crime beat for a small newspaper in Pennsylvania.
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TLDR #23 - A Bitcoin Story for People Who Don't Care About Bitcoin
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
The curious story of a man who was thought to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
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HOLLYWOOD ON THE POTOMAC
Friday, August 29, 2014
Bob speaks with Grantland TV critic Andy Greenwald, and the creators of "Veep" and "House of Cards" about why Hollywood is shining a spotlight on DC.
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FRUSTRATION IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS
Friday, August 29, 2014
Bob goes to the White House to find out how the role of the press corps is changing under this media savvy administration.
