Each Friday we hear moments from StoryCorp. That's the oral history project that gives families and friends a chance to interview each other about their lives. Today's story from North Dakota , Virginia Fairbrother grew up in Towner, North Dakota dur

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Welcome to this I believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. I believe in figuring out my own way to do things; I believe in the power of numbers; I believe in barbecue; Well, I be

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Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. Support for NPR Podcasts comes from Visa, offering the Visa signature card featuring concierge services for travel, din

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Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. Support for NPR Podcasts comes from Visa, offering the Visa signature card, featuring concierge services for travel, din

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(157) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. Support for NPR podcasts comes from visa offering the visa signature card featuring concierge services for travel, dini

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I believe in the ingredient s of love. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe that a little outrage can take you a long way. I believe in truth. I believe in being black and angry. I believe in empathy . I believe in honor, faith and service -- to

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The price(s) of some personal computers are likely to drop, following drastic cuts this week on some Intel and AMD microprocessors. At the same time Intel unveiled a new line of processors that are much faster than with their previous chips. NPR's W

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The playwright George Bernard Shaw once quipped England and America are 2 nations divided by a common language. If he were writing today, he might add divided by a common technology, E-mail. Here is Day to Day's Eric Weiner with observations on the g

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Here is what's going on as we look to Australia. Yes, that' what I call a croc. Wow! Yeah, fresh water crocodile, found in a public, public pool in Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory. You dont likeˇ You have your own words about croc, Lisa? T

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With millions of blogs on the internet, don't blame yourself if you can't keep up with them all. Advertisers are having the same problem. They know that there are substantial audiences who get their news, their humor, their gossip from blogs, but, re

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Anchor: The first gift parents give to their children is a name. For commentator Laurel Snyder the name her parents chose is emblematic of the way she came into the world. Laurel Snyder: My mother almost killed me in the spring of 1973. She was 22, f

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Desertion is the title of a new novel by Zanzibar-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah. It opens in 1899 along the East African Coast. Alan Cheuse has a review. A white stranger, sick and wounded, staggers into a small East African town. A local shop owner

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And now a question we're all pondering: Whats on the mind of an unmarried man? Day to Day contributor Brian Unger is single, but even he doesnt have a clue, still he says the New York Times is searching for an answer. On Friday, gawker.com, a website

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From NPR news, this is All Things Considered, I'm Robert Siegel. I'm Melissa Block and I'm gonna try to keep this next intro short so we can hit the post, fit in the web back, and avoid busting the segment. And you may not be able to decipher that ra

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It is Monday morning which means it is time for another installment of This I Believe. And today our essay comes from an NPR listener in Herndon Virginia. 26-year-old Angelina Michetti is a contracting officer for the federal government, but her beli

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Madeleine Brand: Back now with Day to Day, I'm Madeleine Brand. At the cable television industry's annual trade show this week, a lot of anxiety. Viewers now have other ways to watch TV shows, and they can control what and how they watch them. Cable

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With few days remaining this summer, I realize that I have worked through the entire season and haven't had time to do my traditional summer ritual, something I started 20 years ago. That's Day to Day contributing writer Annabelle Gurwitch. The summe

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Here is a quiz for you. Who won the 2002 World Cup of soccer? [Time running out. Kim Milton Nielsen looks at the watch, and blows it. Brazil are going to the finals!] The winner was Brazil. And if you got that right, do you know which team Brazil bea

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