Some ready-made advertising copy for newspapers hoping to grow circulations: Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds. Such are the good news from John Robinson, a professor of sociology at the University of […]

If you’ve never listened to WNYC’s Radiolab, today is a good day to get on the bandwagon because the new season of this fun, funny, fascinating, innovative, interesting show starts today. You can listen to the streaming episode at 3 p.m. If you’re still on the fence, listen to my favorite Radiolab segment, the secret […]

The Chicago Tribune makes a mountain out of a molehill

Which president does Obama remind you of?

From the Upright Citizens Brigade: If you love NPR and dance, you’ll love NPR jingles interpreted through dance. If the theme to “Morning Edition” makes you want to shake your moneymaker, this video will hit the spot.

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The post-election dissection of Sarah Palin

Before Rahm Emanuel became Barack Obama’s officially announced chief of staff, I tried to interview him about ballet. A few years ago, I was working as an editor at Dance Teacher magazine and saw Emanuel on The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, and I thought he seemed cool. His wikipedia page said that he […]