World Book Club - JD Salinger – The Catcher In The Rye

Harriet Gilbert discusses JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye with a studio audience, including questions from BBC World Service listeners as far afield as Nepal and the Czech Republic. She's in New York's Algonquin Hotel, long-time hangout of our reclusive writer, and answers your questions with the help of authors David Gilbert and Joanna Rakoff. JD Salinger wrote the book in 1951, and died in 2010.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Mysterious Symbols of Easter

Easter is one of the most important celebrations in Christianity. So why does it involves a rabbit and painted eggs?

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The Gist - Targeted by Putin

While Mike Pesca’s off hosting Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, we bring you two of our favorite segments from the past few months. Bill Browder tells the story of how he went from investing in Russian markets to fleeing the wrath of Vladimir Putin. He’s the author of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice. For the Spiel, we debut our new line of other NFL erotica. From now until April 6, tweet titles of imaginary movies to @slategist using the hashtag #NotAMovie. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at http://www.slate.com/gistplus

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Motley Fool Money - Michael Lewis on Wall Street

With the 1st quarter of 2015 in the books, what should investors be watching in Q2?McDonald’s joins Wal-Mart and Target in increasing wages for workers. We analyze Amazon’s new “Dash Button”, GoDaddy’s hot IPO, and the latest questions in the Fool Mailbag. Plus, best-selling author Michael Lewis reflects on his first book “Liar’s Poker”, the current landscape on Wall Street, and what advice he has for college graduates.

 

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Serious Inquiries Only - AS124: Our Secular Wedding, with Lydia

Back by popular demand is my alarmingly attractive fiance Lydia! In a follow up to the Jake and Marilee episode on secular weddings, we discuss our experiences planning a wedding. Well… Lydia’s experience planning a wedding. Lydia also has some unintentionally hilarious examples of religious wedding vows! It’s a raucous time.

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The Gist - Shakespeare Without the Script

On a past Gist, we gave you drunk Shakespeare. Now, it’s time to see how the bard fares when subjected to sober improvisation. (We think it was sober.) Joey Bland, Blaine Swen, and Steve Waltien join us from Chicago’s Improvised Shakespeare Company. For the Spiel, WBEZ’s Lauren Chooljian explains what makes the Chicago mayoral election a compelling national story. From now until April 6, tweet titles of imaginary movies to @slategist using the hashtag #NotAMovie. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at http://www.slate.com/gistplus

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