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Ms. Jamerson’s Literary Saloon: Fall season Episode 1 (for real)
Howdy, after a false start on the fall season we’re back with weekly episodes. This week Andrew, Marit and I discuss Malcolm Gladwell’s “Something Borrowed” from The New Yorker. Although it has the display type “Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” it’s more about when art is original and when it isn’t.
• I… »
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 31, 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.
Show notes:
• We talk about a lot of videogames on this podcast including PixelJunk Monsters.
• Here is some of the… »
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 17, 2009
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… »
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 27, 2009
Howdy! On this week’s better-late-than-never episode we talk about Malcolm Gladwell’s “How David Beats Goliath” from the New Yorker. Listen to it below or subscirbe to our podcast via iTunes.
Show notes:
• Early on I mention that I couldn’t get into The Big Bang Theory because the main characters had Asperger syndrome. I want to… »
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 12, 2009
This week on the podcast the topic is “A new model for a broken motor city” by Megan O’Toole, a story of new communities emerging from the skeleton of abandoned Detroit. Supplemental to that is the news story “An Effort to Save Flint, Mich., by Shrinking It.”
Show notes:
• It should be noted that I work… »