Art Silverman
Stories
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Health
As Big Marathons Dates Are Set For Fall, The Wait To Race May Soon Be Over
Most big city marathons were called off last year. Now that pandemic restrictions have eased, major marathons are planned for later in 2021 in cities including New York, Boston and Chicago.
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Arts & Life
One Listener Can't Forget 1991 Story On Haitian Cane Cutters
All Things Considered listener Joel Abrams shares how a story about Haitian farmworkers has stuck with him since it aired on the show in 1991.
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Technology
As Arab Spring Unfolded On Twitter, Social Media Gained Foothold At NPR
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former NPR social media guru Andy Carvin about the way his realm came to affect the news business.
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History
How NPR Shattered The Old Model Of Broadcast Journalism
In the 50 years that NPR has been around, the journalistic landscape has changed massively. We explore these changes and what role the network
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National
For NPR's 50th: A Listener Riveted by Earthquake 6000 Miles Away
All Things Considered listener Canice Flanagan points to Melissa Block's reporting on an earthquake in China in 2008 as a story that had a dramatic effect on her.
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The Legacy Of Chuck Geschke, Co-Founder of Adobe
David Brock of the Computer History Museum tells us about Chuck Geschke, a co-founder of Adobe, which introduced desktop publishing.
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Music
A Broadway Star And #SunshineSongs Bring High School Musical Theater To Small Screens
High school musicals are canceled around the country over coronavirus concerns. Broadway star Laura Benanti asked disappointed high school singers for the next best thing: performance videos.
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National
An Attempt At Do-It-Yourself Car Repair Goes Awry, And Takes A Surprising Turn
On Dec. 31, 1979, NPR's Art Silverman told the story on this program of his attempt to repair his car himself. We update the story with surprising news about the car and its recipient.
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Music
Saying Something 'That Is Us': The Villalobos Brothers Raise Their Voices
Ernesto, Luis and Alberto Villalobos took a detour from the classical music world to embrace the sounds of their childhood with the band's latest album, Somos.
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Music
'Wanna Be Mine?': K.Flay Extends An Open Invitation Of Sisterhood With 'Solutions'
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with singer-songwriter K.Flay about her song "Sister," her latest album Solutions, and redefining sibling relationships.