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This American Life Time
written 6 Jun 2008 while the sun tried, at least, rising
This American Life is a really great radio show, at the same time the quintessential public radio program — slow talking exploration of the human condition through an introspective viewpoint — mixed with everything that most public radio shows get wrong: This American life actually has interesting content.
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Wal-Mart Not Just Evil, but also Bad
Wal-Mart began crushing mom-and-pops years ago, to the point that you’d be hard pressed to find many local retailers in Small Town America anymore who are actually making a profit. So many have closed down and so many more still open are just sitting on a business for the tradition of it. But now Wal-Mart is crushing the other big chains as well.
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Les Paul Invented Everything
Bob Edwards (the former voice of NPR’s Morning Edition) interviews Les Paul (yes, the guy named after the guitar…er, the other way around) and it’s a pretty amazing piece. Apparently, Les Paul invented not only the electric guitar, but also the vinyl record, the 8 track tape, and the very process of recording music to tape using multiple tracks, so that guitars and vocals and drums could all be mixed together later. And those are only a few of the things he was responsible for. Not to mention, there’s a few Slash lead cameos near the end, where Bob moves on from his interview with Les and into the Les Paul guitar factory.
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