Stories: 1) 'Vote For Me, Al Franken' 2) Top Of The News 3) Mister Softee Takes Hard Line On Jingle 4) Fan Fiction Writers Face Nonfiction Legal Hurdles 5) BPP Jukebox: 'School Boys' by Headlights 6) Top Of The News 7) In Man Vs. Machine Poker Match, Machine Wins 8) Bicyclists' Deaths Marked By 'Ghost Bikes'Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-17-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Have Spandex Suit, Will Travel 2) Top Of The News 3) For The Love Of Chess Boxing 4) NASA Workers Donate Urine For Space Research 5) Ted Leo Without The Pharmacists 6) Top Of The News 7) Androgyny Is New Trend In Baby Names 8) Balloons Carried Gun Away In Executive's SuicideListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-17-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Ted Leo Without The Pharmacists 2) Androgyny Is The New Trend In Baby Names 3) Balloons Carried Gun Away In Executive's SuicideListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-18-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Top Of The News 2) Author Transforms Himself From Schlub To Stud 3) Miley Cyrus Draws Crazy Crowd in Bryant Park 4) Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style 5) Breeders Offer Sample of New Album 6) Top Of The News 7) 'Batman' Lands In TheatersListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-21-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Top Of The News 2) Obama, in Iraq, Continues War Zone Trip 3) Olympic City Cuts Traffic To Clean Up The Air 4) Harrington Wins Open, Thwarting Norman Conquest 5) Top Of The News 6) Stages of Grief for the 'BPP': Denial 7) Highest Paying Jobs In The U.S.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-22-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Top Of The News 2) What To Do If You're Laid Off 3) Woman's Idea Saves Thousands Of Nepalese Girls 4) One Day As A Lion And Dr. Dog 5) Stages of Grief for the 'BPP': Anger 6) Top Of The News 7) NPR's Just Not That Into Us 8) When Your Pedicurist Is A FishListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-23-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Top Of The News 2) What's Wrong With Amtrak? 3) Mr. Methane Is The World's Top Professional Flatulist 4) Oscar For Ledger: Dead Man Winning? 5) Dr. Dog's Twist Of 'Fate' 6) Top Of The News 7) Stages Of Grief For The 'BPP': Bargaining 8) Climate Protester Tries To Glue Himself To British PMListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-24-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Top Of The News 2) What's The Future Of News? 3) Pet Rabbit Saves Couple 4) Book Offers Ideas To Republican Party 5) Flying With Young Children 6) Top Of The News 7) Stages of Grief For the 'BPP': Depression 8) Your Memory May Be Too GoodListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-25-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 1Stories: 1) Top Of The News 2) Looking Back On The Show's Memorable Moments 3) Vultures Prey On Surgery Patients' Peace Of Mind 4) A Non-Emergency Krulwich 5) Pashman Makes Last Run At 'Most E-Mailed' List 6) Ben Harper Offers A 'Lifeline' 7) Mark Riding's Trans-Racial Adoption 8) Snake Handler Holds Rattlers and RecordsListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NPR: 07-25-2008 The Bryant Park Project - Hour 2Stories: 1) Greatest Sounds and Bloopers 2) Top Of The News 3) The BPP Imagines Future News 4) 'Dancing,' 'Singing,' 'Stealing' with Jason Mraz 5) Judge: Girl's Name, 'Talula Does The Hula', Won't Do 6) 'Step Brothers,' 'X-Files,' and 'Man On Wire' 7) Jill Sobule: BPP 'Op-Ed Songwriter' 8) Stages of Grief for the 'BPP': Acceptance 9) Open Mic: The 'BPP' Staff Says GoodbyeListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Power YearsEvery 8 seconds, another North American baby boomer turns 60. That's about 11,000 each day and 4.5 million each year. So what will it mean for society? What will it mean for you? David Gardner talks about the changing face of retirement with Ken Dychtwald, author of The Power Years:A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Know-It-AllWe talk with A.J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World. It's a book about a quest to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica from A-Z. He also joins us for a game of Fool Fact or Fool Fiction.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Hustle and FlowA pimp dreams of becoming a rap star. It's the plot for the Academy Award nominated Hustle and Flow. In 2005, David Gardner talked about the hustle and flow of moviemaking with Hustle and Flow director Craig Brewer. Craig Brewer's latest film Black Snake Moan opens this weekend.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Humorist Dave BarryYou've read his columns. You've bought his books. But should you take his financial advice? David Gardner talks fun and finance with Pulitzer-winning columnist Dave Barry, author of Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like -- Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What Do I Want To Do With My Life?We celebrate Labor Day with best-selling business writer Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Dirty JobsWhat's it like to work as a sanitation engineer? A golf ball diver? A chick sexer? David Gardner talks odd jobs and dirty jobs with Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What Color Is Your Parachute?Richard Nelson Bolles on his career-advice classic, What Color Is Your Parachute?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Author John PaulosPrice-to-earning ratios, stock prices, market cap, the Dow Jones Industrial Average... the stock market is a sea of numbers. Mathematician John Paulos knows a thing or two about numbers. He is the author of Innumeracy, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper and A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Pampered ChefThe phenomenally successful Pampered Chef company calls itself "the kitchen store that comes to your door." Started in a Chicago basement in 1980, the company is now owned by Warren Buffet. David talks about the recipe for business success with Pampered Chef founder and CEO Doris Christopher.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Widom of CrowdsBowling, guessing the weight of an ox, the Space Shuttle and the stock market -- just a few of the things we talk about with New Yorker magazine financial columnist Jim Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website