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| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Think - January 30, 2012 | "Group Think. The science of the team effort." by Jonah Lehrer. | Reader: Sunny | 00:32:11 |
| Bottle Rocket - January 9, 2012 | "Bottle Rocket: Newt Gingrich's turn as front-runner in Republican National polls." by Kelefa Sanneh. | Reader: Sunny | 00:28:16 |
| Food At Our Feet - November 21, 2011 | "Food At Our Feet. Why is foraging all the rage?" by Jane Kramer. | Reader: Sunny | 00:42:04 |
| The Tweaker - November 14, 2011 | "The Tweaker. The real genius of Steve Jobs." by Malcolm Gladwell. | Reader: Sunny | 00:17:56 |
| King of Kings, Part 2 - November 7, 2011 | "King of Kings. The last days of Muammar Qaddafi" by Jon Lee Anderson. Part 2 of 2. | Reader: Sunny | 00:38:24 |
| King of Kings, Part 1 - November 7, 2011 | "King of Kings. The last days of Muammar Qaddafi" by Jon Lee Anderson. Part 1 of 2. | Reader: Sunny | 00:28:33 |
| Memory Laps - October 24, 2011 | "Memory Laps. Summers on the swim team." by David Sedaris. | Reader: Sunny | 00:19:44 |
| Broken Kingdom - October 17, 2011 | "Broken Kingdom. Fifty years of "The Phantom Tollbooth"" by Adam Gopnik. | Reader: Sunny | 00:17:52 |
| Personal Best - Coaches, Part 1 - October 3, 2011 | "Personal Best Part 1: Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?" by Atul Gawande | Reader: Sunny | 00:23:12 |
| Personal Best - Coaches, Part 2 - October 3, 2011 | "Personal Best Part 2: Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?" by Atul Gawande | Reader: Sunny | 00:23:24 |
| Road Kill - September 26, 2011 | "Road Kill. A review of the movie "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling." by Anthony Lane. | Reader: Sunny | 00:10:20 |
| The Journalist and the Spy - Part 2 - September 19, 2011 | "The Journalist and the Spy - Part 2. The murder of a reporter who exposed Pakistan's secrets." by Dexter Filkins. | Reader: Sunny | 00:33:01 |
| The Journalist and the Spy - Part 1 - September 19, 2011 | "The Journalist and the Spy - Part 1. The murder of a reporter who exposed Pakistan's secrets." by Dexter Filkins. | Reader: Sunny | 00:26:58 |
| Grub - August 15, 2011 | "Grub. Eating Bugs to Save the Planet." by Dana Goodyear. | Reader: Sunny | 00:42:15 |
| Sleeping With the Enemy - August 15, 2011 | "Sleeping With the Enemy. What happened between the Neanderthals and us?." by Elizabeth Kolbert. | Reader: Sunny | 00:53:58 |
| Is That All There Is? - August 15, 2011 | "Is That All There Is? Secularism and its discontents." by James Wood. | Reader: Sunny | 00:24:54 |
| Bites - August 1, 2011 | "Bites: Rules of Attraction. The trials of a mosquito researcher." by Rebecca Mead. | Reader: Sunny | 00:04:50 |
| The Asylum Seeker - August 1, 2011 | "The Asylum Seeker: For a chance at a better life, it helps to make your bad story worse." by Suketu Mehta. | Reader: Sunny | 00:26:37 |
| The Visionary - July 11, 2011 | "The Visionary: A digital pioneer questions what technology has wrought." by Jennifer Kahn. | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:55 |
| Aftershocks - March 28, 2011 | "Aftershocks: The Japanese nation bears the unbearable" by Evan Osnos. | Reader: Sunny | 00:29:48 |
| The Gulf War, Part 1 - March 14, 2011 | The Gulf War: "Were there any heroes in the BP oil disaster?" Part 1 of 4 by Raffi Khatchadourian. | Reader: Sunny | 00:29:39 |
| The Gulf War, Part 2 - March 14, 2011 | The Gulf War: "Were there any heroes in the BP oil disaster?" Part 2 of 4 by Raffi Khatchadourian. | Reader: Sunny | 00:28:21 |
| The Gulf War, Part 3 - March 14, 2011 | The Gulf War: "Were there any heroes in the BP oil disaster?" Part 3 of 4 by Raffi Khatchadourian. | Reader: Sunny | 00:24:12 |
| The Gulf War, Part 4 - March 14, 2011 | The Gulf War: "Were there any heroes in the BP oil disaster?" Part 4 of 4 by Raffi Khatchadourian. | Reader: Sunny | 00:26:28 |
| The Tyrant Tax - March 7, 2011 | "The Tyrant Tax. The protesters who are transfoming the middle east have a long list of grievances - including the suppression of democratic aspirations." by James Surowiecki. | Reader: Sunny | 00:06:34 |
| The Apostate, Part 3 - February 14, 2011 | "The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. The Church of Scientology." Part 3, by Lawrence Wright. | Reader: Sunny | 01:05:48 |
| The Apostate, Part 2 - February 14, 2011 | "The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. The Church of Scientology." Part 2, by Lawrence Wright. | Reader: Sunny | 00:42:55 |
| The Apostate, Part 1 - February 14, 2011 | "The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. The Church of Scientology." Part 1, by Lawrence Wright. | Reader: Sunny | 00:41:57 |
| Tiger Mother Craze - January 31, 2011 | "America's Top Parent: What's behind the "Tiger Mother" craze?" by Elizabeth Kolbert. | Reader: Sunny | 00:14:41 |
| The Hot Spotters - January 24, 2011 | "The Hot Spotters. Can we lower medical costs by giving the neediest patients better care?" by Atul Gawande. | Reader: Sunny | 00:53:44 |
| Social Animal - January 17, 2011 | "Social Animal: How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life." by David Brooks. | Reader: Sunny | 00:32:11 |
| We Have No Bananas - January 10, 2011 | "We have no bananas: Can scientists defeat a devastating blight?" by Mike Peed. | Reader: Sunny | 00:39:15 |
| God's Librarians - Jan 2, 2011 | "God's Librarians. The Vatican Library enters the twenty-first century." by Daniel Mendelsohn | Reader: Sunny | 00:38:10 |
| Efficiency Dilemma - December 20, 2010 | "The Efficiency Dilemma: If our machines use less energy, will we just use them more?" by David Owen | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:02 |
| The Truth Wears Off - December 13, 2010 | "The Truth Wears Off. Is there something wrong with the scientific method?" by Jonah Lehrer. | Reader: Sunny | 00:32:43 |
| Nature's Spoils - November 22, 2010 | "Nature's Spoils. The underground food movement ferments revolution." by Burkhard Bilger. | Reader: Sunny | 00:55:13 |
| A Deadly Misdiagnosis - November 15, 2010 | "A Deadly Misdiagnosis: Is it possible to save the millions of people who die from Tuberculosis?" by Michael Specter. | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:55 |
| Cancer World - November 8, 2010 | "Cancer World. The making of a modern disease." By Steven Shapin. | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:05 |
| The On Line Threat - November 1, 2010 | "The Online Threat: Should we be worried about a cyber war?" By Seymour Hersh. | Reader: Sunny | 00:40:40 |
| The Next Incarnation, Part 2 - October 14, 2010 | "The Next Incarnation: As the Dalai Lama turns seventy-five, what is Tibet's future?" Part 2 of 2 by Evan Osnos. | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:39 |
| The Next Incarnation, Part 1 - October 14, 2010 | "The Next Incarnation: As the Dalai Lama turns seventy-five, what is Tibet's future?" Part 1 of 2 by Evan Osnos. | Reader: Sunny | 00:36:33 |
| Without a Paddle - September 27, 2010 | "Without a Paddle. Can Stephen Breyer save the Obama agenda in the Supreme Court?" By Jeffrey Toobin. | Reader: Sunny | 00:36:50 |
| Dyson Vacuums - September 20,, 2010 | "How to Make It. James Dyson built a better vacuum. Can he pull off a second industrial revolution?" By John Seabrook. | Reader: Sunny | 00:38:07 |
| The Mastermind Part 2 of 2 - September 13, 2010 | "The Mastermind: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the making of 9/11. Part 2 of 2." By Terry McDermott. | Reader: Sunny | 00:33:53 |
| The Mastermind Part 1 of 2 - September 13, 2010 | "The Mastermind: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the making of 9/11 Part 1 of 2." By Terry McDermott. | Reader: Sunny | 00:36:07 |
| The Covenant - September 6, 2010 | "The Covenant. Francis Collins, a fervent Christian, thought he had resolved the stem-cell debate. A Federal judge disagreed." By Peter J. Boyer. | Reader: Sunny | 00:38:09 |
| Face Blind - August 30, 2010 | "Face Blind. Why are some of us terrible at recognizing faces?" By Oliver Sacks | Reader: Sunny | 00:37:26 |
| After the Crackdown - August 16, 2010 | "After the Crackdown. Talking to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - and the opposition - about Iran today." By Jon Lee Anderson | Reader: Sunny | 00:46:50 |
| Painkiller Deathstreak - August 9, 2010 | "Painkiller Deathstreak. Adventures in video games." by Nicholson Baker. | Reader: Sunny | 00:43:40 |
| Letting Go - August 2, 2010 | "Letting Go: What Should Medicine Do When It Can't Save Your Life?" By Atul Gawande. | Reader: Sunny | 01:08:43 |
| No Voting System is Flawless - July 26, 2010 | "Win or Lose: No voting system is flawless. But some are less democratic than others." By Anthony Gottlieb. | Reader: Sunny | 00:26:30 |
| Nothing Left - July 12, 2010 | "Nothing Left. Is North Korea finally facing collapse?" By Barbara Demick | Reader: Sunny | 00:32:25 |
| State of Play - July 5, 2010 | "State of Play. How tot lots became places to build children's brains." By Rebecca Mead. | Reader: Sunny | 00:27:41 |
| Fresh Hell - June 14, 2010 | "Fresh Hell: What's behind the boom in dystopian fiction for young readers" by Laura Miller | Reader: Sunny | 00:18:59 |
| The Plastic Panic - May 31, 2010 | The Plastic Panic: How worried should we be about everyday chemicals? By Jerome Groopman. | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:58 |
| War by Other Means - May 24, 2010 | "War by Other Means: Is it possible to negotiate with the Taliban?" By Steve Coll | Reader: Sunny | 00:52:04 |
| The Inventor - May 17, 2010 | "The Inventor's Dilemma: An eco-minded engineer discovers the limits of innovation." By David Owen | Reader: Sunny | 00:34:09 |
| Tea and Sympathy - May 3, 2010 | "Tea and Sympathy: Who owns the American Revolution?" By Jill LePore. | Reader: Sunny | 00:40:23 |
| Go West - April 19, 2010 | "Go West. Scenes from an American homecoming." by Peter Hessler | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:09 |
| Publish or Perish - April 26, 2010 | "Publish or Perish: Can the iPad topple the Kindle, and save the book business?" by Ken Auletta | Reader: Sunny | 00:38:06 |
| Downfall - April 12, 2010 | "Downfall: The end of a West African dictatorship." by Jon Lee Anderson | Reader: Sunny | 00:41:37 |
| No Rules - April 5, 2010 | "No Rules: Is Le Fooding, the French culinary movement, more than a feeling?" by Adam Gopnik | Reader: Sunny | 00:25:37 |
| Fixed - March 29, 2010 | "Fixed: The rise of marriage therapy, and other dreams of human betterment." by Jill Lepore | Reader: Sunny | 00:28:07 |
| Lithium Dreams - March 22, 2010 | "Lithium Dreams: Can Bolivia become the Saudi Arabia of the electric-car era?" by Lawrence Wright | Reader: Sunny | 00:56:15 |
| The Daley Show - Part 2 - March 8, 2010 | "The Daley Show: Dynastic rule in Obama's birthplace - Part 2" by Evan Osnos | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:05 |
| The Daley Show - Part 1 - March 8, 2010 | "The Daley Show: Dynastic rule in Obama's birthplace - Part 1" by Evan Osnos | Reader: Sunny | 00:36:34 |
| Drinking Games - February 15, 2010 | "Drinking Games: How much people drink may matter less than how they drink it" by Malcolm Gladwell | Reader: Sunny | 00:29:08 |
| Neighbor's Keeper - February 8, 2010 | "Neighbors' Keeper. A woman feeds her community in Port-au-Prince" by Jon Lee Anderson | Reader: Sunny | 00:33:57 |
| Class Warrior - February 1, 2010 | "Class Warrior. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's bid to shake up schools" by Carlo Rotella | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:28 |
| Kid Goth - January 25, 2010 | "Kid Goth. Neil Gaiman's fantasies." by Dana Goodyear | Reader: Sunny | 00:35:33 |
| A Risky Proposal - January 18, 2010 | "A Risky Proposal. Is it too soon to petition the Supreme Court on gay marriage?" by Margaret Talbot | Reader: Sunny | 01:02:20 |
| Food Fighter - January 4, 2010 | "Food Fighter: Does Whole Food's C.E.O. know what's best for you?" by Nick Paumgarten | Reader: Sunny | 00:54:17 |
| Put it in a Sock - December 14, 2009 | "Put it in a Sock: Plenty of ways to stuff a stocking" by Patricia Marx | Reader: Sunny | 00:29:12 |
| Loggerheads - December 7, 2009 | "Loggerheads: Sea Turtles and Me" comedy by David Sedaris | Reader: Sunny | 00:21:01 |
| Defending the Arsenal - November 16, 2009 | "Defending the Arsenal: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe?" by Seymour M. Hersh | Reader: Sunny | 00:43:54 |
| Onward and Upward - November 9, 2009 | "Onward and Upward With the Arts. Talk this way. The man who makes Hollywood sound right" by Alec Wilkinson | Reader: Sunny | 00:33:05 |
| Eight Days - Part 2 - September 21, 2009 | "Eight Days: The battle to save the American financial system" by James B. Stewart - Part 2 | Reader: Sunny | 01:07:08 |
| Eight Days - Part 1 - September 21, 2009 | "Eight Days: The battle to save the American financial system" by James B. Stewart - Part 1 | Reader: Sunny | 00:54:08 |
| The Defiant Ones - October 19 2009 | "The Defiant Ones: In today's picture books, the kids are in charge" by Daniel Zalewski | Reader: Sunny | 00:23:43 |
| Searching for Trouble - October 12, 2009 | "Searching for Trouble: Why Google is on its guard" by Ken Auletta | Reader: Sunny | 00:40:43 |
| Rational Irrationality - October 5, 2009 | "Rational Irrationality: The real reason that capitalism is so crash-prone" by John Cassidy | Reader: Sunny | 00:32:28 |
| The "It" Bird - September 28, 2009 | "The 'It' Bird: The return of the back-yard chicken." by Susan Orlean | Reader: Sunny | 00:25:47 |
| Missing Woman - September 14, 2009 | "Missing Woman: Amelia Earhart's flight." by Judith Thurman. | Reader: Sunny | 00:29:25 |
| The Rubber Room - August 31, 2009 | "The Rubber Room: The battle over New York City's worst teachers" by Steven Brill | Reader: Sunny | 00:39:01 |
| Laugh, Kookaburra - August 24, 2009 | "Laugh, Kookaburra: A day in the bush, a night at home" by David Sedaris. | Reader: Sunny | 00:18:34 |
| The Courthouse Ring - August 10-17, 2009 | "The Courthouse Ring: Atticus Finch and the limits of Southern Liberalism" by Malcolm Gladwell. | Reader: Sunny | 00:24:26 |
| A New Page - August 3, 2009 | "A New Page: Can the Kindle really improve on the book?" By Nicholson Baker. | Reader: Sunny | 00:39:20 |
| The Kindest Cut - July 27, 2009 | "The Kindest Cut. What sort of person gives a kidney to a stranger? By Larissa MacFarquhar. | Reader: Sunny | 01:02:04 |
| The Forbidden Zone - July 18, 2009 | "The Forbidden Zone: How far can a provocative editor go?" by Evan Osnos | Reader: Sunny | 00:38:28 |
| The Kill Company - Part 2 - July 6, 2009 Part 2 | "The Kill Company" Part 2 of 2, by Raffi Khatchadourian | Reader: Sunny | 00:44:28 |
| The Kill Company - Part 1 - July 6, 2009 Part 1 | "The Kill Company" Part 1 of 2, by Raffi Khatchadourian | Reader: Sunny | 00:49:41 |
| Don't Shoot - June 22, 2009 | "Don't Shoot: A radical approach to the problem of gang violence," by John Seabrook. | Reader: Sunny | 00:47:51 |
| Spreading - June 1, 2009 | "Spreading: Outbreaks, media scares, and the parrot panic of 1930" by Jill Lepore | Reader: Sunny | 00:28:25 |
| The Sixth Extinction? - May 25, 2009 | "The Sixth Extinction? There have been five great die-offs in history. This time, the cataclysm is us." by Elizabeth Kolbert | Reader: Sunny | 00:57:31 |
| Don't - May 18, 2009 | "Don't!: The secret of self-control" by Jonah Lehrer | Reader: Sunny | 00:31:48 |
| The Instigator - May 11, 2009 | "The Instigator: A crusader's plan to remake failing schools" by Douglas McGray | Reader: Sunny | 00:43:10 |
| Brain Gain - April 27, 2009 | "Brain Gain: The underground world of neuroenhancing drugs" by Margaret Talbot | Reader: Sunny | 00:59:27 |
| Roughing It - April 20, 2009 | "Roughing It - What two young women found in the Rockies" by Dorothy Wikenden | Reader: Sunny | 00:43:22 |
| I.O.U. - April 13, 2009 | "I.O.U.: How we used to treat debtors." by Jill Lepore | Reader: Sunny | 00:34:50 |
| Obama in the Middle East - April 6, 2009 | "The Obama Administration's chance to engage in a Middle East peace" by Seymour M. Hersh | Reader: Sunny | 00:33:27 |
| Tails of Manhattan - March 30, 2009 Part 2 | "Tails of Manhattan" Woody Allen's response to the Bernard Madoff story | Reader: Sunny | 00:06:47 |
| Author, Author? - March 30, 2009 Part 1 | "Author, Author?: Life among the shopping carts" by David Sedaris | Reader: Sunny | 00:11:16 |
| Madoff and His Models - March 23, 2009 | "Madoff and His Models: Where are the snow jobs of yesteryear?" by Ron Chernow | Reader: Sunny | 00:29:48 |
| Made in the USA - March 16, 2009 | "Made in the USA: Buying American is a shopping challenge" by Patricia Marx | Reader: Sunny | 00:26:30 |
| Lost - Mar 9, 2009 | "Lost: After financial disaster, Icelanders reassess their identity" by Ian Parker | Reader: Sunny | 00:46:12 |
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