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Cato Daily Podcast - Romney, Obama and the ‘War on Coal’
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Cato Daily Podcast - Scant Evidence for Claimed Obama ‘War on Oil’
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Start the Week - Diana Athill and Philip Hensher on the dying art of handwriting
On Start the Week Andrew Marr discusses the dying art of handwriting with the novelist Philip Hensher. As the typewriter has taken over from the pen, so email is killing off letter-writing, and Diana Athill celebrates the art of correspondence. But the poet Wendy Cope, who has just left thousands of emails to the British Library, welcomes the advent of digital communication, and the philosopher Nigel Warburton tweets, blogs and podcasts. Producer: Katy Hickman.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Predicting the Presidency
Nate Silver tells us who will win the 2012 US election - and how he knows.
World Book Club - Javier Marias – A Heart So White
This month's World Book Club is brought to you from the Institute of Cervantes in London where Harriett Gilbert will be talking to bestselling Spanish writer Javier Marias about his prize-winning work A Heart So White.
This acclaimed novel explores profoundly disturbing questions about the nature of knowledge, curiosity and truth itself.
When the narrator Juan marries his sweetheart Luisa he is haunted by family secrets that cast their long shadow over his contentment and ponders the nature of secrecy – its convenience, its price – does he even want to know the truth he asks himself.
In the company of a lively group of readers at the Spanish Cultural Centre Marias also playfully dispenses his wisdom on how to keep a marriage together and why pen and paper beats technology.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #377 – Oct 6 2012
Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 10.05.2012
The unemployment rate falls to 7.8%. Facebook crosses a new milestone. Zynga hits a new low. And a hedge fund manager tells investors to short Chipotle. Our analysts discuss those stories and share some stocks on their radar.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Banned Books Week Highlights Deeper Problem
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Slate Books - The Audio Book Club: How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
Slate critics Dan Kois, Meghan O’Rourke, and David Haglund discuss Sheila Heti’s polarizing novel about life and art.
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