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Greensburg showcased on NPR
In: Personal
27 Dec 2007Story on All Things Considered on Greensburg rebuilding Green (fitting). It’s become quite a convergence of the channels. The Discovery Channel is doing a show on the rebuilding of a Greener Greensburg. The Learning Channel is following around a chosen family as they rebuild their house. My in-laws (the Mayor and his wife) have applied [...]
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- Tags: all things considered, greensburg, npr, tornado
Improv Everywhere
In: Personal
25 Mar 2006Just listening to a really interesting This American Life (listen to Mind Games in RealAudio) about a group called Improv Everywhere who stage Missions. Great story!
The Wilhelm Scream
In: Personal
4 Jan 2006http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_020901_wilhelm.html
Interesting NPR bit on the Wilhelm scream, one of the most famous movie screams of all time. I like the fact they even used it in a musical…
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- Tags: npr, on the media, podcast, wilhelm scream
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