Shows From 2009 November
Tall Tales
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: Tall Tales
These days, outrageous stories aren’t reserved for love songs. We read them in the news, see them on the television and hear them from the mouths of politicians. So today, we’re talking about tall tales. We’ll hear about liars; talk to tall women and learn about the sinister side of what was once the world’s tallest suspension bridge.
Thumb Wars
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: Tall Tales
Oscar Villalon is the publisher of McSweeney’s, a retired “underground cage fighter” and the author of The Way of the Thumb. (more…)
One-on-One Conversation with Baine Kerr
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: Tall Tales
Reporter Dara Kerr can’t hear the words tall and tale without thinking of her dad, Baine Kerr. For this show, she asked him about the biggest tall tale he knows. (more…)
Taller the Tale
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: Tall Tales
Sometimes it seems the taller the tale, the more people are willing to believe it. But why is it that people are so gullible in the face of the most outrageous lies? (more…)
Final Rest
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: Tall Tales
The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge stand seven hundred forty-six feet tall, and the cables alone contain enough wire to circle the planet three times. (more…)
Tall Women Sometimes Short Changed
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: Tall Tales
Reporter Tyler Sipe found one of the country’s last remaining independent retailers catering to tall women. He also discovered sales are coming up short. But not for the reasons you might suspect. (more…)
The Underground
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: The Underground
This week’s theme is the underground. We will take you six feet deep with celebrities of yesteryear and the people who just can’t let them go. We’ll also hear about efforts to ease the environmental cost of funerals. And we’ll follow an underground band that plays on street corners around San Francisco.
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Spending the Day with Hollywood’s Dead
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: The Underground
Los Angeles is a city that shamelessly worships celebrities. There are maps that meticulously detail where stars live, where they eat and where they shop. (more…)
The Ferocious Few
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: The Underground
The Ferocious Few is a local underground rock duo. They play day and night, on street corners, outside big concerts — basically anywhere they might be heard. (more…)
Commentary by Japhet Weeks
Originally aired on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Listen to Complete Show: The Underground
Reporter Japhet Weeks never thought he’d lose sleep over the state of America’s sewers. Then an infrastructure project funded by federal stimulus money broke ground right outside his window. (more…)
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