May 2011
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#436: The Psychopath Test →
This American Life
Recently we heard about this test that could determine if someone was a psychopath. So, naturally, our staff decided to take it. This week we hear the results. Plus Jon Ronson asks the question: is this man a psychopath?
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Cold beer on the porch,
Breezes blow as night takes hold - You wish you were here.
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“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the...”
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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SLAM Tuesday #3
Hooray for new SLAM friends! Welcome, Nate. If anyone wants to join for next week, let Allie or myself know.
Heat
The world is boiling around me and I feel like I just showed up for the cinnamon-liquor party. Getting me going, getting me going creating my own luck is something to call it in that over-coffee sort of way and old lady perfume that you don’t like to think about.
But...
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#393: Infidelity →
This American Life
Stories of cheating, cheaters and the cheated. Writer James Braly with a story about temptation (performed and recorded at The Moth), Dani Shapiro on being the mistress, and more.
Really great episode!
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Gilbert Becaud - Nathalie
Monsieur 100,000 Volts!...
Here's how to become tumblr famous →
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This is honestly pretty true. Probably the only way to do it.
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Saturday Haiku -
Started on the line above and finished right now.
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“I’m glad that sales of my books have dropped to where serious literary journals...”
– Garrison Keillor (via theparisreview)
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SLAM Tuesday #2
Two weeks in a row! Woot. Thanks for the appropriate prompt, Allie. I think this one turned out less SLAM and more TRAD, but hey, I still wrote a poem.
Brew: an Homage.
A whirlpool. An egg-cream whirlpool sucks you under with every pine tree you’ve ever smelled walking the long trails of your youth
We really were the coolest…. forest hidden mud-cloaked cases of friendship and...
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#435: How To Create a Job →
This American Life
It seems like every politician has a plan for putting people back to work. But we and the Planet Money team couldn’t help but wonder…how do you create a job? Can politicians truly create many jobs? Is it possible the whole thing is just well-intentioned hot air?
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Not raining. Get on bike. Rain starts. Get home....
Don’t even care.
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It's American Craft Beer Week, Ya'll
Ok, so you guys.
I’m so excited to be writing this post right now - I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Craft beer is my jam and it should be yours, too. I’ve been fortunate to travel all over the world and sample many countries’ offerings, but there’s nothing like a great American micro. It’s a celebration of a true American art; creating...
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“I find the tension between Calvin and Lea to be very provocative— clearly...”
– Arles Marles, regarding this.
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SLAM Tuesday #1
Allie and I decided that we should give each other a prompt and 15 minutes to write a spoken-word poem every Tuesday. My prompt was Root Canal:
7000 gashes of saber-toothed spears poke and prod at the tentacles of my intravenous Nerves Charging and disCharging ping ping ping ping But really more like: K!@#VY LI!LUH$O%( LTUINR(F LIFD&%LIE*
wide awake. 3 am. mind everywhere an...
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Tonight's Feast:
Lovingly prepared by Flounder and Allie. And 3% me.
Fresh-caught lobster (thank you, Colin Busby)
Lemongrass-curry soup with basmati rice
Asian cabbage slaw
Guacamole croquetts
Red-bean Hummus
Eggplant-tomato Tapenade
Basil & lemon yogurt
Then we will ruin all of it by playing beer pong until 4 in the morning.
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#434: This Week →
This American Life
This week we’re trying something we’ve never tried before: An hour of stories about…this week. We take a crack at major news events, like what’s happening in Egypt; and at the most minor, like an 8-year-old who’s finally taking the training wheels off her bike. The stories are united by one thing: They all happened in the seven days prior to ...
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“It was pretty quiet, though, because Ernie was playing the piano. It was...”
– J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
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DELTONES
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Everytime
I purchase something online, I am still nervous the internet is going to break and steal all of my money. For example, I was just buying ____ for ____ (CAN’T REVEAL THE SECRET, SORRY), and the “server reset” screen came up and I had a mini panic attack.
Then I hit refresh and it was cool.
Good story, bro.
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#186: Prom →
This American Life
While the seniors danced at Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas—a town of about 3,000—a tornado hit the town, destroying about a third of it. When they emerged from the dance, they discovered what had happened, and in the weeks that followed, they tried to explain to themselves why the tornado hit where it did. Plus other stories that happen on Prom Night.
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