Archive for February, 2008

Denmark in the Night

Friday, February 29th, 2008
Denmark in the Night

Greetings from Copenhagen. I like how its written in Danish… København. I’m here to spend the weekend learning… about this place, about its history, about its people in the present. What do I already know about Copenhagen? I know that its old. I know that there is a place called Christiania where in the 70’s some alternative... »

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bm251 Struggling in the Streets of Zagreb

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

One year after my visit to Croatia, the struggle to preserve historical buildings from being torn down in favor of shopping malls continues. Last month, demonstrators again took to the streets to protest the plan. Longtime listener and concerned citizen Vlado speaks to us from Zagreb about what has changed, one year... »

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Line Them Up

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Line Them Up

During my time at the Village Voice, I would occasionally hear the name Jimmy Breslin. No one told me who he was, it was just a name that would sometimes appear written on a folder or a piece of paper, hell I think the desk I would sometimes sit at used to be... »

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A Room of Our Own

Monday, February 25th, 2008
A Room of Our Own

Part of being a fairly old school blogger and very old school podcaster who calls himself a journalist, means that I get invited to speak at conferences and quite often, to give my point of view on issues relating to new media. So as much as I hate to take time out of... »

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bm250 My Mother’s Immigration Story

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Over the summer I recorded podcasts documenting my parents’ lives in Portugal. In this podcast I sit with my mother here in Amsterdam and she explains what it was like moving from Portugal to Newark, New Jersey in the 70’s. What I enjoy most about recording this series of podcasts about my family is that... »

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