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Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Interlude
Howdy! Welcome back to Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon. Today’s podcast is episode 1 of the fall season. Today we’re talking about Gary Smith’s classic “Crime and Punishment” from the June 24, 1996, issue of Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated also has the option to “view this issue” which will allow you to view the display and… »
Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Podcast for July 24, 2009
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.
Show Notes:
• The blog I talked about is There, I Fixed It. That’s where the post image is from too.
• The article… »
Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Podcast for July 10, 2009
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.
Show Notes:
• Here is the December 2007 feature that Andrew loved so very… »
Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Podcast for July 3, 2009
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.
Show notes:
• Here is the surprisingly hard to navigate webpage of Clay Shirky.
• The female tennis player… »
Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Podcast for June 19, 2009
On this week’s episode we look at Jonah Lehrer’s New Yorker article “Don’t.”
Show Notes:
• The Julia Solis photo slide show of Detroit that Marit talked about.
• “The Case for Working With Your Hands” by Matthew Crawford which Carolyn mentions.
• I was in error during the podcast: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance came out… »
Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Podcast for June 5, 2009
This week on the podcast the topic is “La Vida Robot,” by Joshua Davis, which is the story of four boys from poorer backgrounds who team together to build an underwater robot. Click through to listen, read the show notes and to find out what we’re reading next week… »
Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Podcast for May 29, 2009
The second episode of the podcast is ready for your listening pleasure. In it we talk about William Langewiesche’s “The Pirate Latitudes.” It’s a tale of Somali pirates and impotent nation states on the high seas… »