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Jeff Rapsis is a hard man to shut up once he gets going on his favorite subject. Ask him about how silent movies used to be staged, and Rapsis overwhelms…
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Movies, politics, culture... and the Oscars. We look at what this year's Academy Awards try to reflect about American society, and whether they do it…
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Before Maz Jobrani was a panelist on Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, he was an actor trying to get a break. On today’s show we’ll talk to the Iranian-born…
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For the past 27 years the editors of Popular Science have identified products and technologies designed to change our world. On today’s show we’ll review…
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A montage of new ideas, picked fresh from the Word of Mouth vault:Abolishing tips: usually, the debate around gratuity revolves around whether to leave 15…
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A Biologist's Plea To Hollywood: Make 'Real' Animals The StarsTurbo is a big budget, animated, kid’s comedy about a snail’s dream to win the Indy 500, though the movie didn’t do as well as studios had hoped, one…
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Making Movies With The PentagonThe Pentagon has often played a role in shaping blockbuster films…at least those featuring tanks, ships, and other military gear. We wondered about the…
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Nate Silver opened the public’s eyes to the power of predictive statistics… now, having already conquered politics, marketing, and social media,…
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On Sunday, tens of millions of people worldwide will watch the dazzling gowns, jewels, and strained smiles on display at the eighty-fifth annual Academy…
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Grab your ballots, Oscar weekend is coming up. This year's category for best actress includes a then-six-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the…