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Furlaud’s cheeky story has prompted some consternation since it aired on the NPR program “The Next Big Thing” on Friday...
...party is well aware of the controversy a decision to run could cause among liberal and leftwing voters. Green officials bristle at being labeled "spoilers" for siphoning votes away from Democratic nominee Al Gore in 2000. A room full of them at the national committee meeting erupted when an NPR reporter asked why the Patriot Act shouldn't be considered a direct consequence of 2.8 million people voting for Nader. Al Gore's inability to win even his home state of Tennessee was at least as much a factor, one replied - and besides, Gore did win the popular vote...
...called American Dialogue. "We were sitting around, you know, basically bitching about how frustrated we are that the country doesn't seem to be asking questions," Turner explains. "We decided that if we really felt this way, we should do something about it." The show will air mostly on NPR affiliates, and each episode will pair a single guest and a single issue--say, the head of the A.C.L.U. on civil liberties. And if you think that sounds boring, you've never heard Jessica Rabbit talk about civil liberties. "Everybody seems to sort of have agreed to this conspiracy...
...words of Councillor Brian Murphy ’86-’87, this would make the meeting seem less like “an NPR talk show program...
When he first left NPR, he kept busy with lectures, theater and a project he calls “parachute radio,” a global “drop-in” radio show. It was inspired when Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson ’60, who was studying the prisons of Kingston, Jamaica, invited Lydon to join him on a visit. Lydon’s trip inspired him to embark on a mission to open talk radio listening posts in the Caribbean, West Africa and Southeast Asia. For two weeks each he hosted nightly call...