Archive for July, 2009

Howdy! This week at the Saloon we discuss Citizen Hern by Charles Montgomery. After you’ve read it (it’s short) listen to the podcast using the embedded player below, directly downloading it or by subscribing through iTunes.
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• We talk about a lot of videogames on this podcast including PixelJunk Monsters.
• Here is some of the… »

Howdy! On today’s podcast we talk about “What Makes Us Happy?” by Joshua Wolf Shenk. You can access the podcast by using the embedded player below, downloading it directly or by subscribing on iTunes.
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• The blog I talked about is There, I Fixed It. That’s where the post image is from too.
• The article… »

Howdy! On today’s podcast we discuss “The Lynching of Louie Sam” by John Vaillant. You can listen by using the player below, downloading the file directly or subscribing through iTunes.
• Yes, this is the second week in a row where we needed an explicit tag.
• Here is a preview of the Heath Ledger story Andrew… »

Howdy! On this episode of the Saloon we look at Top Ten State Fair Joys/Take in the State Fair by Garrison Keillor. You can listen right now by using the embedded player below, downloading the MP3 or subscribing to the podcast via iTunes.
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• Here is the December 2007 feature that Andrew loved so very… »

Howdy! On this week’s episode of the Saloon we talk about “A Deadly Crossing” by David Leach. You can listen to the podcast below (either using the player or right clicking to download) or you can subscribe via iTunes.
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• Here is the surprisingly hard to navigate webpage of Clay Shirky.
• The female tennis player… »