All entries tagged: Fresh Air
NPRbackstory: Finding value in news archives through automation
I watched the Kentucky Derby on Saturday — my allotted two minutes of horse racing a year — and got to see jockey Calvin Borel pilot a 50-1 longshot named Mine That Bird to a stirring come-from-behind victory. (My interest in horse racing is pretty much limited to rooting for jockeys like Borel, Robby Albarado, [...]
Jesse Thorn: “Anything that I can do to make a more profound connection with the audience is…my job”
As promised yesterday, here’s Part 1 of my interview with Jesse Thorn, the host of public radio’s The Sound of Young America. (Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say “The Sound of Young America podcast,” given what Jesse says below about his interactions with both the public radio mainstream and his devoted core audience online.) [...]
