NPR Stories: February 2 - 8, 2014

This week on NPR, they developed a Spotify playlist for the winter season. It made me revisit my account and connect it with Facebook, which is now ten years old. For the stories with pictures included, learn about the German Defense Minister a Chinese detention system coming to an end, and a family with multiple generations of doctors. Don’t fall prey to small credit scams, and check out the list.

NPR Ask Me Another Live Taping Impressions

Every year SF Sketchfest brings the latest and greatest in comedy acts to San Francisco for three weeks all over the city. I checked the schedule to see which acts I would be interested in and discovered the live taping of an NPR show I had not heard of. Since I listen to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me the NPR News Quiz often, I was curious of what would go down at the Casto Theater on a Wednesday night for a show a friend described to me as a puzzle game show with musical accompaniment from Jonathan Coulton. I am happy to report that my ticket to a floor seat in the auditorium was well spent.

NPR Stories: Week of January 26, 2014

The State of the Union speech was last week, but that’s not what the NPR picks were about. Learn about the Muslim American teenager that just became Ms. Marvel in her own comic series. This week there was also some overlap between Israel and the big American football game. Find out why a Palestinian prisoner became an informant or why OxFam dropped Scarlet Johansson as a spokesperson. Send up a flare and check out some of these articles.

NPR Stories: January 19 - 25, 2014

When searching for pictures to put in the weekly article, I look for ones that stand out according to the material and have a descriptive filename attached. This week one story with a qualifying picture was about the nuclear inspectors entering Iran as part of the international negotiations concerning Iran’s nuclear material. If you want to learn about more domestic issues, NPR did a piece on the tax burdens the NFL organizations face before this year’s Super Bowl is held. Less politically charged stories include talk about restoring underground streams in United States municipalities, Monsanto’s new data analysis service for farmers, and improvements on the atomic clock. A few news articles focus on the Hispanic community too if you want to know about Mexican vigilantes and the “charismatic” Catholic movement as President Obama plans to meet Pope Francis.

NPR Stories: January 12 - 18, 2014

This week had a few stories from the Middle East. Former prime minister Ariel Sharon was eulogized after spending six or so years in a coma. Egypt prepared its vote on a new constitution following the overthrow of Morsi’s government. For lighter fare than Obama’s speech on the National Security Agency, take a look at the story about the high tech speed skating suit the United States prepared for the Winter Olympics. I hope your internet speed is sufficient enough to read the rest of this article.

NPR Stories: January 5 - 11, 2014

With a new year comes new opportunity for aggregation. Last week was the Consumer Electronics Show, so we heard stories about how Google is partnering with car companies to release Android in more vehicles and Intel’s drive to put their computer chips into wearable technologies. In addition we have stories of Brazilian cuisine, continued fighting in Syria, and machines that create snow for the skiing season. I don’t remember seeing any cloud seeders when I was on the mountain a few days ago, but a trip to a ski resort made me aware of the reasons for setting up the tech. However, that’s a topic for a separate article.

NPR Stories: December 15 - 21, 2013

With the holiday season ending, let’s go over some stories in the news. Winter is different depending on the region, but people still help as you can read in the reports about Syrian refugees and Brazilian children. For lighter fare, check out the story on Chicago deep dish pizza. Admittedly I have not eaten that style of pizza in a long while, possibly because it feels too indulgent. For the technologically oriented NPR also reported on Salinas agriculture getting an upgrade and a competition for robots.

NPR Stories: Week of October 27, 2013

Listening to NPR exposes me to stories in the news round the world. This week we have dancing in the Kiev subway stations, the struggles of the Roma, and two stories from Kenya. One involves protests against rape, and the other involves reasoning behind one Kenyan tribe’s dominance in the sport of running.

NPR Stories of the Day: November 11 - 17, 2012

I listen to a lot of National Public Radio. I used to listen to my local station when my father drove me to elementary school. When I entered college, I found out I could listen to NPR on iTunes podcasts. I have been assembling the list of daily NPR stories and their taglines for about a month now, so I figure I could share them to a larger audience. Here are the NPR stories for the week of November 11, 2012. If you only read one of them, I recommend the story about education practices between Eastern and Western cultures.