257 episodios
"Don Morrison's 3 Minutes of Madness" Donald Morrison
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Funny, often uplifting and mercifully short. Don Morrison is an author ("The Death of French Culture," "How Obama Lost America,") professor (Tsinghua University in Beijing, Sciences Po in Paris), and former editor at Time Magazine. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Smithsonian, Le Monde, Le Point, Liberation, Caixin and other leading publications. He is a commentator for NPR's Robin Hood Radio and a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle.
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Commencement Blues
Graduation speeches are usually high-minded and bland. Not this year.
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Consider the Lobster
As a major restaurant chain goes bankrupt, some questions about its namesake.
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The New Art of Naming
How to survive in the age of him, her, they, them and other linguistic minefields.
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Wasn't That a Time
College campuses across the U.S. are engulfed in anti-war protests. But that's nothing compared to 1968.
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The Winds of War
As Ben Franklin would advise, we shouldn't make fun of an old guy who stinks up the courtroom.
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The End of the World
Somebody sent me a silly internet article. Now I'm scared.