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Martin Grodt selects and reads feature articles from one of the world's foremost weekly international news magazines, Newsweek.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| I'm Not Here to Cheer You Up January 30, 2012 | "I'm Not Here to Cheer You Up. The situation is about as difficult as I've experienced in my career." - Interview with George Soros by John Aldridge | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:14:58 |
| The Truth Talker - January 30, 2012 | "The Truth Talker. As head of the International Monetary Fund, can Christine LaGarde steer Europe and America from the brink of the next great depression?" by Christopher Dickey. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:21:10 |
| Your Brain on Happiness - January 9, 2012 | "Your Brain on Happiness. Mindfulness meditation is being rediscovered as a very modern - and medical - path to personal nirvana." by Amy Gross. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:08:50 |
| Getting Smarter in 2012 - January 9, 2012 | "31 Ways to Get Smarter in 2012. Read stuff. Learn new languages. Master chess. Zone out. Getting a bigger brain is easier - and more fun - than you think." | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:11:14 |
| Buff Your Brain - January 9, 2012 | "Want to be smarter in work, love, and life? Scientific advances offer proven ways to enhance your gray matter." by Sharon Begley. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:16:43 |
| Be Very Afraid - December 5, 2011 | "Supercomputers help build nuclear weapons, design aerospace engines, and produce lifesaving drugs. For years, the U.S. had the best and biggest arsenal. Until China got in the game" by Dan Lyons. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:11:18 |
| Inside the City of Fear - December 5, 2011 | "James Harkin is one of the few non-Syrian journalists to get into Homs. There, in the midst of murderous civil strife, he befriends a brave 18-year-old who dreams of a free Syria." by James Harkin. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:15:03 |
| This Man is Addicted to Sex - December 5, 2011 | "It wrecks marriages, destroys careers and saps self-worth. Yet Americans are being diagnosed as sex addicts in record numbers. Inside an epidemic." by Chris Lee. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:15:34 |
| Bloomberg: World Domination? - Novemberf 28, 2011 | "With an army of reporters and wonky information services, the media company is expanding from Wall Street to Washington, where it hopes to control..." by Nick Summers. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:16:20 |
| Undercover White Supremacist - Nov 28, 2011 | "An F.B.I. mole speaks for the first time about life in the seedy world of right-wing terror." by R. M. Schneiderman. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:27:06 |
| Rent My Life - November 28, 2011 | "Get a job. Yeah, right. There's a much quicker way to make a buck when the economy's in the tank." by Rob Baedeker. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:14:38 |
| Live With Regis & Jerry - November 21, 2011 | "TV's ultimate survivor, Regis Philbin, signs off this week. The daytime kibbitzer talks to Jerry Seinfeld about what makes a show last - and how to know when to quit." | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:10:01 |
| Obama's Lucky Friends - November 21, 2011 | "Where did green energy cash go? Straight to campaign donors. $26.4 of $20.5 billion in loans went to companies with Obama connections." by Peter Schweizer. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:09:44 |
| Wonk Who Slays Washington - November 21, 2011 | "Congress is getting rich off Wall Streen and Peter Schweizer won't stop until everyone knows it." by Peter J. Boyer. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:16:35 |
| John Edwards' Gamble - November 7, 2011 | "John Edwards' Last Desperate Gamble. How do you defend an indefensible man? Start by enumerating his sins. Inside his upcoming trial and why he decided to go for broke." by David Margolick. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:14:51 |
| Zionism Runs its Course - November 7, 2011 | "Zionism Has Run Its Course. These startling words were uttered last week in Tel Aviv by 95-year-old Ruth Dayan, widow of one of Israel's founding fathers." by Rula Jebreal. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:17:45 |
| Stop! You Can't Afford It. - November 7, 2011 | "New science unveils how your brain is hard-wired when it comes to spending - and how you can reboot it." by Sharon Begley with Jean Chatzky. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:16:18 |
| America's "Oh Shit!" Moment - November 7, 2011 | "Has the U.S. deleted the very things that made it great? How America can avoid imminent collapse." by Naill Ferguson. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:14:39 |
| Ghosts In Libya - October 20, 2011 | "My Walk Through the Valley of Death. When Janine Di Giovanni arrived in Libya, she hoped to find a triumphant natioln basking in new found freedom. Instead she saw a land haunted by the ghosts of Gaddafi's reign." | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:17:32 |
| Citizen Cain - October 24, 2011 | "Citizen Cain. A month ago, he was a punchline. Now Herman Cain is laughing. Meet the rising GOP star who is confounding the pundits..." by Michael Daly and David A. Graham. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:21:20 |
| Afghanistan - October 10, 2011 | "You Have the Watches, We Have the Time. Afghanistan: Ten years of war in a land where your enemy will fight you forever." by Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:14:32 |
| Surviving Clarence - October 10, 2011 | "Surviving Clarence: Twenty years after the Clarence Thomas hearings - and a year after his wife left her a message - Anita Hill isn't giving an inch." by Leslie Bennetts. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:15:48 |
| The Coffee Shop Baby - October 10, 2011 | "The Coffee Shop Baby. You got your sperm where? Meet a 'donorsexual' on the web - and he'll service you anywhere" by Tony Dokoupil. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:18:14 |
| GOP Smackdown - October 3, 2011 | "GOP Smackdown. Can Romney Make the Sale? Perry's stumbling, the economy's crumbling, Obama's in freefall. All this could make it Mitt Romney's moment. But..." by Andrew Romano. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:22:13 |
| The Sixth Beatle? - October 3, 2011 | "The Sixth Beatle? George Harrison was liberated by Rock and Roll. Turns out Martin Scorsese was too!" by Paul Theroux. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:13:32 |
| O'Reilly's Civil War - September 22, 2011 | "O'Reilly's Civil War. The Fox host thinks America is in dire straits - and what it needs is a history lesson." by Peter Boyer | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:13:23 |
| Israel's Crisis & Real Fixers - September 19, 2011 | "Crisis: Is Israel Over?" by Benny Morris; "The Real Fixers. Your neighbors, friends & colleagues - How they get things done." by contributing writers. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:22:41 |
| Whitey's Payback - September 19, 2011 | "Mob boss Whitey Bulger might be behind bars, but as his trial approaches, former associates, FBI agents and victims' families speak about why he might get away." by T. J. English. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:16:30 |
| Steve Jobs & Apple - September 5, 2011 | "The 10 Commandments of Steve" by Leander Keahney; "How Apple Revolutionized Our World" by Paul Theroux. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:09:24 |
| Exit The King: Steve Jobs - September 5, 2011 | "Exit The King. American genius Steve Jobs. How he drove Apple to victory. How he changed our world. How did he become a wizard among muggles?" by Alan Deutschman. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:15:07 |
| No! One Word that Could Save Your Life - July 22, 2011 | "No! The One Word That Could Save Your Life. Stents. Knee surgery. Even the MRI. New research shows how some procedures are expensive and can harm you." by Sharon Begley. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:17:07 |
| Bay of Pigs & War Over Obama - July 22, 2011 | "The Untold Story of the Bay of Pigs. What declassified documents reveal." by Robert Dallek; "The Black War Over Obama. Attacks on Obama by blacks could spell trouble." by Allison Samuels. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:15:27 |
| Petraeus' Next Battle - July 25, 2011 | "Petraeus' Next Battle. As CIA spy chief, the general must transform the organization to fight 21st century wars." by John Berry. | Reader: Martin Grodt | 00:18:30 |
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