http://themediavore.posterous.com Consuming the Best Public Media posterous.com themediavorehttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes Mon, 10 May 2010 01:58:35 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/cbcs-rewind-the-sounds-of-victory-in-europe-6 http://themediavore.posterous.com/cbcs-rewind-the-sounds-of-victory-in-europe-6 <p> Many of the 65th anniversary V-E Day celebrations in Europe this weekend were a bit overshadowed by concerns over the Greek crisis and other debt concerns in the EU, but it was still an historic day.  Or days, rather.  Russia, which marks Victory in Europe on May 9  (while the rest of the continent celebrates May 8), had an unprecedented display, as<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8669975.stm"> British military marched in a Red Square celebratory parade</a>.  <div> Back in the Americas, CBC&#39;s Rewind pulled out some very interesting archival recordings and shared the thoughts of Allied soldiers from 65 years ago.  Take a listen:</div><div><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: medium; color: rgb(136, 18, 128);" /><div id="quicktime_embed-FBgkGqFrgo"> <embed href="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/rewind_20100507_31652.mp3" scale="aspect" src="/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" target="myself" controller="false" width="500"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-FBgkGqFrgo"> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.cbc.ca%2Fmp3%2Frewind_20100507_31652.mp3" width="500" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" /> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-FBgkGqFrgo').show(); $('quicktime_embed-FBgkGqFrgo').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-FBgkGqFrgo').show(); $('flash_embed-FBgkGqFrgo').hide(); } </script></span></div> <div><br />   <br /> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/cbcs-rewind-the-sounds-of-victory-in-europe-6">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/cbcs-rewind-the-sounds-of-victory-in-europe-6#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/t-yDL2wtPgs" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Fri, 07 May 2010 05:02:26 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/a-little-gaga-fun-at-635-mass-ave http://themediavore.posterous.com/a-little-gaga-fun-at-635-mass-ave <p> Who says pub radio folk take themselves too seriously?  Top marks go to Korva Coleman and the unnamed producers for their work on the latest NPR music video:<iframe allowfullscreen src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4KenS0h3-Pc?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/a-little-gaga-fun-at-635-mass-ave">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/a-little-gaga-fun-at-635-mass-ave#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/5jPveBZCol8" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Fri, 07 May 2010 04:47:59 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/la-moth-performance-scott-kravitz http://themediavore.posterous.com/la-moth-performance-scott-kravitz <p> Having missed yet another fist-Thursday Moth event in Detroit (though the excuse this time is so much better than past months), I watched this performance from Scott Kravitz for a little fix.  It is worth the five minutes, if for no other reason than you get exposed to the phrase, &quot;lipstick on the teeth crazy.&quot;  <br /> <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11346238?portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="283" width="500"></iframe> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/la-moth-performance-scott-kravitz">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/la-moth-performance-scott-kravitz#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/iwNkjgLcfn4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Fri, 07 May 2010 04:28:40 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbcs-election-2010-coverage http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbcs-election-2010-coverage <p> With nearly all the returns in, the Conservative Party has won the most seats in the UK Parliamentary elections, but are well away from a controlling share of the House of Commons.  So the world&#39;s oldest Parliamentary Democracy is looking at a hung parliament. At the risk of stating the obvious, the BBC is the place to turn to try to make sense of the election results and all the maneuvering that we are likely to see over the next couple of weeks.  <b><i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/03/000000_newshour.shtml">Newshour</a></i></b> will continue to try to cover the election in a manner that seeks global relevance.  But the BBC&#39;s <b><i><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/default.stm">Election 2010</a></i></b> Web page is your best bet for updated news.   </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbcs-election-2010-coverage">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbcs-election-2010-coverage#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/lLQs9ahdPCU" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Thu, 06 May 2010 07:26:00 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/radiolab-podcast-words-as-a-window-into-an-ag http://themediavore.posterous.com/radiolab-podcast-words-as-a-window-into-an-ag <p> <p>Ian Lancashire is a professor of English at the University of Toronto.  And he has a skill at turning words into data (or at least he knows how to program computers to do the task), allowing him to learn more about an author's thought process.  Several years ago, he evaluated Agatha Christie's work (and brain), and he discovered that the mystery writer had developed Alzheimer's.  In the latest RadioLab podcast, Jad Abumrad shares Lancashire's story, and what his research teaches us about the power of the words we choose.  Take a listen:</p> <div><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: medium;" /><div id="quicktime_embed-HvnAaAlevF"> <embed href="http://audio.wnyc.org/radiolab_podcast/radiolab_podcast10nuns.mp3" scale="aspect" src="/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" target="myself" controller="false" width="500"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-HvnAaAlevF"> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Faudio.wnyc.org%2Fradiolab_podcast%2Fradiolab_podcast10nuns.mp3" width="500" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" /> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-HvnAaAlevF').show(); $('quicktime_embed-HvnAaAlevF').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-HvnAaAlevF').show(); $('flash_embed-HvnAaAlevF').hide(); } </script></span></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/radiolab-podcast-words-as-a-window-into-an-ag">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/radiolab-podcast-words-as-a-window-into-an-ag#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/MkGucjkKjmQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Wed, 05 May 2010 10:43:57 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/isabel-allende-on-haiti-past-and-present http://themediavore.posterous.com/isabel-allende-on-haiti-past-and-present <p> <div>Best selling Chilean American author <b><a href="http://www.isabelallende.com/" target="_blank">Isabel Allende</a></b>&#39;s latest novel is set in a nation that was struck by an earthquake this year, but not Chile.  <span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><b><i><a href="http://www.isabelallende.com/island_frame.htm" target="_blank">La Isla Bajo El Mar (Island Beneath the Sea)</a></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is set in Haiti at the turn of the 18th Century.  While the novel is set in the [very relevant] past, Allende spoke about the recent natural disasters in both Haiti and Chile with Marty Moss-Coane on </span><i><a href="http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/" target="_blank">WHYY&#39;s Radio Times</a></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></b></span></span></div> <br /><div id="quicktime_embed-liDvGnnaGt"> <embed href="http://npr.vo.llnwd.net/kip0/_pxn=0+_pxK=10412/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/433/510027/126507910/WHYY_126507910.mp3" scale="aspect" src="/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" controller="false" target="myself" width="500"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-liDvGnnaGt"> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr.vo.llnwd.net%2Fkip0%2F_pxn%3D0%2B_pxK%3D10412%2Fanon.npr-podcasts%2Fpodcast%2F433%2F510027%2F126507910%2FWHYY_126507910.mp3" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="500" /> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-liDvGnnaGt').show(); $('quicktime_embed-liDvGnnaGt').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-liDvGnnaGt').show(); $('flash_embed-liDvGnnaGt').hide(); } </script> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/isabel-allende-on-haiti-past-and-present">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/isabel-allende-on-haiti-past-and-present#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/EZ2Q5tHGTho" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Mon, 03 May 2010 06:50:00 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/robert-fisk-on-pakistan-afghanistan-and-india http://themediavore.posterous.com/robert-fisk-on-pakistan-afghanistan-and-india <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <p>Celebrated reporter <strong>Robert Fisk</strong> of <em>The Independent</em> connects the dots that spell big trouble in Pakistan and big headaches for the countries that cross paths with it. This is an excellent interview from The Current on CBC Radio One.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Current_Video_Beta/Excerpts/ID=1481797098"> Watch it on the beta video show</a> or listen to the complete interview.</p> <p /><div id="quicktime_embed-oqGcDttadg"> <embed href="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/current_20100427_31418.mp3" scale="aspect" src="/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" target="myself" controller="false" width="500"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-oqGcDttadg"> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.cbc.ca%2Fmp3%2Fcurrent_20100427_31418.mp3" width="500" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" /> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-oqGcDttadg').show(); $('quicktime_embed-oqGcDttadg').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-oqGcDttadg').show(); $('flash_embed-oqGcDttadg').hide(); } </script></p> <p> </p> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/robert-fisk-on-pakistan-afghanistan-and-india">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/robert-fisk-on-pakistan-afghanistan-and-india#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/YJ2ytXS0GEk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:56:00 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/blowing-smoke-wgbh-and-partners-investigate-t http://themediavore.posterous.com/blowing-smoke-wgbh-and-partners-investigate-t <p> <p>If the near future of journalism depends (at least in part) on news organizations finding ways to work together, then this effort 89.7 WGBH, The Christian Science Monitor and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting should be repeated.  <strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phillip-martin">Phillip Martin</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.dougstruck.com/">Doug Struck</a></strong> now report on the partnership's investigation into the real effectiveness of carbon offsets.  And by "real effectiveness," we are referring not to how purchasing carbon offsets makes people feel, but rather the impact on climate change.  Turns out, there isn't much impact.  Read Doug Struck's online article, and listen to Phillip Martin's radio report <a href="http://www.wgbh.org/news/blowingsmoke.cfm" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>And listen to Martin's appearance on The Takeaway:</p> <p><embed src="http://www.thetakeaway.org/media/audioplayer/takeaway_player.swf" wmode="transparent" height="24" flashvars="file=http://www.thetakeaway.org/audio/xspf/36001/&amp;autostart=false&amp;popurl=http://www.thetakeaway.org/audio/xspf/36001/%3Fdownload%3D%20http%3A//audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042110_1d.mp3" width="500"></embed></p> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/blowing-smoke-wgbh-and-partners-investigate-t">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/blowing-smoke-wgbh-and-partners-investigate-t#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/U1p1zT8KPkU" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:50:22 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/singapores-prime-minister-says-nuclear-summit http://themediavore.posterous.com/singapores-prime-minister-says-nuclear-summit <p> We&#39;ve had a lot of American policymakers and op-ed page <i>residents</i> weighing in this month about President Obama&#39;s push to shift nuclear weapons policy.  So it was interesting to get the <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Singapore Prime Minister&#39;s take earlier this week.  Lee Hsien Loong</span> attended the nuclear summit, and then visited with Charlie Rose:<div> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/npBgDOQvKAI?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><div> Watch the full interview <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/952">here</a>.  <br />  <br />   <br /> </div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/singapores-prime-minister-says-nuclear-summit">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/singapores-prime-minister-says-nuclear-summit#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/THSChh_7138" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/407584/DD_GG.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3tpAM3oGjhcJ Graham Griffith Graham Graham Griffith Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:32:01 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/krakatoa-author-on-iceland-volcanos-parallels http://themediavore.posterous.com/krakatoa-author-on-iceland-volcanos-parallels <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> Here's some historical perspective on the Icelandic volcano and the disruption it's causing across Europe. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june10/volcano2_04-16.html"><em>PBS Newshour</em> reporter <strong>Jeffrey Brown</strong> talks to author <strong>Simon Winchester</strong></a>, who wrote <em>Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded</em>, about the Indonesian island obliterated by a volcano in 1883. <p> <object name="paplayer_0na" data="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/e3z.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="311" width="500"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="pap_url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june10/volcano2_04-16.html&amp;pap_hash=news01s3e3eqe78&amp;pap_safari=1" /></object> </p><p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/krakatoa-author-on-iceland-volcanos-parallels">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/krakatoa-author-on-iceland-volcanos-parallels#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/XTOhGAyv2_Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:51:00 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/joe-palca-vs-the-volcano http://themediavore.posterous.com/joe-palca-vs-the-volcano <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">This is one of a set of photographs taken by NPR's <strong>Joe Palca</strong> while on assignment in Iceland, covering the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. <p>To understand a volcanic eruption, you need to go to the volcano to sample the material it's spewing out. <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126089707">Palca joined Volcanologists <strong>Evgenia Ilyinskaya</strong> and <strong>Asgerdur Sigurdardottir</strong> to follow their research</a>.</p> <p> </p> <div style="display: none;"><embed src="http://posterous.com/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" width="500"></embed></div> <div><embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.npr.org%2Fanon.npr-mp3%2Fnpr%2Fme%2F2010%2F04%2F20100419_me_03.mp3" width="500"></embed></div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/themediavore/DDggIIjfDeaIyktdyojhGbhskCknenAwjtnfmmtrqnmowjecHfBaxmiBrHtu/media_httpmedianprorg_uaCbv.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_httpmedianprorg_uacbv" height="375" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/themediavore/DDggIIjfDeaIyktdyojhGbhskCknenAwjtnfmmtrqnmowjecHfBaxmiBrHtu/media_httpmedianprorg_uaCbv.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/joe-palca-vs-the-volcano">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/joe-palca-vs-the-volcano#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/8vymNoXtp8E" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:23:29 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/the-sec-fraud-suit-against-goldman-sachs http://themediavore.posterous.com/the-sec-fraud-suit-against-goldman-sachs <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> There's been a lot of coverage of the SEC's suit against Goldman Sachs since last Friday. We want to highlight a couple noteworthy pieces. <p> <a href="http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/apr/19/goldman-sachs-too-big-fail-not-too-big-sue/">From <em>The Takeaway</em> today</a>, here's a conversation with <strong>Louise Story</strong> of <em>The New York Times</em>, who first reported on Goldman's practices late last year; and University of Maryland Law professor <strong>Michael Greenberger</strong>, a former federal regulator at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. </p><p> <embed src="http://www.thetakeaway.org/media/audioplayer/takeaway_player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" height="24" flashvars="file=http://www.thetakeaway.org/audio/xspf/35820/&amp;autostart=false&amp;popurl=http://www.thetakeaway.org/audio/xspf/35820/%3Fdownload%3Dhttp%3A//audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041910_1b.mp3" quality="high" width="500" /> </p><p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/the-sec-fraud-suit-against-goldman-sachs">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/the-sec-fraud-suit-against-goldman-sachs#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/w860_acqkeY" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:41:00 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/rescuers-recall-1995-oklahoma-city-bombing http://themediavore.posterous.com/rescuers-recall-1995-oklahoma-city-bombing <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">Fifteen years ago, <strong>Timothy McVeigh</strong> detonated a truck full of explosives next to the federal building in Oklahoma City. 168 people died and scores more were injured in what is still the worst act of domestic terrorism in US history. <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126101579">On NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em> today, <strong>Kurt Gwartney (KGOU)</strong> reports</a> on the recollections of the people involved in the rescue and recovery.</p> <p /><div id="quicktime_embed-pyrbmocFII"> <embed href="http://public.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2010/04/20100419_me_11.mp3" scale="aspect" src="/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" target="myself" controller="false" width="500"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-pyrbmocFII"> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.npr.org%2Fanon.npr-mp3%2Fnpr%2Fme%2F2010%2F04%2F20100419_me_11.mp3" width="500" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" /> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-pyrbmocFII').show(); $('quicktime_embed-pyrbmocFII').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-pyrbmocFII').show(); $('flash_embed-pyrbmocFII').hide(); } </script></p> <p> </p> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/rescuers-recall-1995-oklahoma-city-bombing">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/rescuers-recall-1995-oklahoma-city-bombing#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/Kw4yzg4Waf0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:01:27 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbc-news-covers-the-volcano-cloud-as-it-happe http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbc-news-covers-the-volcano-cloud-as-it-happe <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> You can follow <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8629051.stm">the news of the Volcano Cloud as it happens</a>, courtesy of BBC Global News. The rolling blog includes the latest tweets from the test flights going on today, as well as the limited return of some flights in Europe. Check it out. <p> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpnewsimgbbcc_mdqaa" height="200" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/themediavore/iGqhkgfhxBHeIkGlJctgeiiAupvmGdrDArJIhkIjmsoeshxFpEwwCGctnDhF/media_httpnewsimgbbcc_mdqAA.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="466" /> </div> </p><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8629051.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbc-news-covers-the-volcano-cloud-as-it-happe">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/bbc-news-covers-the-volcano-cloud-as-it-happe#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/rjJZCPJnX4U" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:13:35 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/british-government-uses-war-ships-to-ferry-st http://themediavore.posterous.com/british-government-uses-war-ships-to-ferry-st <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpparmenidesw_zhngq" height="102" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/themediavore/rxosueEonpxAosIjuFoEsExvbksygEEhBrcztfIoqEtkdiAtqyfnzpocptyF/media_httpparmenidesw_zHnGq.png.scaled500.png" width="279" /> </div> <p> <a href="http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/apr/19/british-government-uses-war-ships-ferry-stranded-passengers/"><em>The Takeaway</em> covers the British government's decision to put two warships in the service of getting British citizens home</a>. BBC defense and security correspondent Nick Childs has the latest. </p><p /><div id="quicktime_embed-rjnaFJzurI"> <embed href="http://audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041910_1e.mp3" scale="aspect" src="/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" target="myself" controller="false" width="500"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-rjnaFJzurI"> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Faudio.wnyc.org%2Ftakeaway%2Ftakeaway041910_1e.mp3" width="500" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" /> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-rjnaFJzurI').show(); $('quicktime_embed-rjnaFJzurI').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-rjnaFJzurI').show(); $('flash_embed-rjnaFJzurI').hide(); } </script></p><p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/british-government-uses-war-ships-to-ferry-st">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/british-government-uses-war-ships-to-ferry-st#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/CMqrPfmKEY4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:15:03 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-volcano-eruption-strands-air-passen http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-volcano-eruption-strands-air-passen <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> As we enter the second day in which air traffic is grounded throughout much of northern Europe, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june10/volcano_04-15.html">here's coverage from ITN, via the <em>PBS Newshour</em></a>. <p> <object name="paplayer_0na" data="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/e3z.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="311" width="500"><param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="pap_url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june10/volcano_04-15.html&amp;pap_hash=news01s3e32qe77&amp;pap_safari=1" /></object> </p><p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-volcano-eruption-strands-air-passen">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-volcano-eruption-strands-air-passen#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/F-7-xUunBOc" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:04:39 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/michael-lewis-on-the-big-short http://themediavore.posterous.com/michael-lewis-on-the-big-short <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img title="Lewis" src="http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/files/2010/04/Lewis.jpg" height="130" alt="Lewis" width="86" style="margin: 3px;" /> <p> Two years after the financial meltdown, the details on how and why US banking system came so close to collapse are still emerging. Interestingly, the pile of books being published about it is getting better, too. </p><p> In <em>The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,</em> author and <strong>Michael Lewis</strong> asks the question: Who got it right? Lewis traces the fights of the loners who bet against subprime mortgages and, in time, had their suspicions of Wall Street’s investment practices proved right. <a href="http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2010/04/09/michael-lewis-and-his-new-book-the-big-short/">Lewis talks with <em>Radio Times</em> host <strong>Marty Moss-Coane</strong> on WHYY</a>. </p><p></p><div style="display: none;"> <embed href="http://www.whyy.org/podcast/040910_110630.mp3" src="http://posterous.com/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" target="myself" controller="false" width="500"> </embed></div> <div> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whyy.org%2Fpodcast%2F040910_110630.mp3" width="500"> </embed></div> <p></p><p></p><p></p> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/michael-lewis-on-the-big-short">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/michael-lewis-on-the-big-short#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/dlWemGUAEGE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:38:00 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/bringing-a-global-sound-to-the-bagpipes http://themediavore.posterous.com/bringing-a-global-sound-to-the-bagpipes <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry">When you think about the bagpipes, you might imagine a line of Scottish men in kilts playing at a funeral or a parade. But Seattle area musician <strong>Sylvia DeTar</strong> wants to take the bagpipes in a new direction. She's a member of the world champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. DeTar tells KUOW's <strong>Jeremy Richards</strong> how she moved beyond traditional bagpipe music to create a unique collaboration at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.</div> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div style="display: none;"><embed src="http://posterous.com/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" width="500"></embed></div> <div><embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kuow.org%2Fpodcast%2FKUOWPresents%2F20100413SylviaDeTar.mp3" width="500"></embed></div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/bringing-a-global-sound-to-the-bagpipes">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/bringing-a-global-sound-to-the-bagpipes#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/ipMT7Y-U09Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:01:54 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-financial-report-takes-center-stage http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-financial-report-takes-center-stage <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> Iceland's economic agony was the result of "extreme negligence" - the conclusion of a report issued by a special investigative commission of Iceland's parliament. <p> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125914087">On NPR's <em>All Things Considered</em></a>, <strong>Robert Siegel</strong> talks to <strong>Magnus Geir Thordarson</strong>, artistic director of the Reykjavik City Theatre, about staging a reading of the commission's 2,300-page report. </p><p></p><div style="display: none;"> <embed href="http://public.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2010/04/20100413_atc_10.mp3" src="http://posterous.com/mp3player/mp3_shell.png" autoplay="false" type="video/quicktime" height="100" controller="false" target="myself" width="500"> </embed></div> <div> <embed src="/mp3player/posterousplayer.swf" height="100" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.npr.org%2Fanon.npr-mp3%2Fnpr%2Fatc%2F2010%2F04%2F20100413_atc_10.mp3" width="500"> </embed></div> <p></p><p></p> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-financial-report-takes-center-stage">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/icelandic-financial-report-takes-center-stage#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/LPBzuvb56sM" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:16:08 -0700 http://themediavore.posterous.com/lehman-used-alter-ego-to-shift-risks http://themediavore.posterous.com/lehman-used-alter-ego-to-shift-risks <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://images.publicradio.org/content/2010/04/13/20100413_louise_story_18.jpg" height="175" alt="Louise Story " width="175" /> <p> Lehman Brothers used a "shadow bank" - Hudson Castle - to pass off its risky investments. In a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/business/13lehman.html">report she co-wrote for <em>The New York Times</em></a>, <strong>Louise Story</strong> likened it to a "hidden passage on Wall Street." On <em>Marketplace</em>, she talks with host <strong>Kai Ryssdal</strong> about how Lehman was able to obscure the true extent of its troubles. </p><p> <a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org//display/web/2010/04/13/pm-lehman-alter-ego-firm-channels-risk-q/">Listen to the interview</a></p> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/lehman-used-alter-ego-to-shift-risks">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://themediavore.posterous.com/lehman-used-alter-ego-to-shift-risks#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themediavore/~4/cMSbYHapmcY" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/867040/IMG_0382-Version_2.jpg http://posterous.com/users/1aYafS3a Todd Mundt todd Todd Mundt