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17 January 2012

17 January 2012, 15:00

Who Shall Live

When Varian Fry, an American journalist, went to Europe in 1941 on behalf of the Emergency Rescue Committee, he went with a mission: to save a group of European artists and intellectuals from the Nazis.

15 January 2012, 21:25

The Unlearned Lesson of the Titanic

Since that fateful night of April 1912, what have we done in the way of reform that will go toward averting another such disaster?

15 January 2012, 15:00

Tim Ferriss has strong likes: knives, kettlebells

If anyone could resist skipping ahead, though, it is Ferriss himself, a 34-year-old author, investor, self-help guru and human guinea pig. (Oh, my meth lab? he jokingly sidestepped when questioned.) To his left was his kitchen...

13 January 2012, 19:40

This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube-- Mitt Romney claims victory in New Hampshire, award-winning French journalist is killed in Syria, and a national strike paralyses Nigeria

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every week we'll...

11 January 2012, 20:50

Bebe Neuwirth brings a lot of character to Proctors

[...] she admits to being shy and socially awkward — the mingle-and-chat of cocktail parties makes her anxious — and so playing characters allows her to hide, in a manner, as she reveals herself through characters.

09 January 2012, 15:00

Hope Less

What if the Holocaust’s most famous victim hadn’t died in Bergen-Belsen but had continued living in hiding, moving furtively from attic to attic, until she found herself a perch in a house in upstate New York?

07 January 2012, 02:28

This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube--New Year celebrations, the Iowa Caucuses, and more

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every...

06 January 2012, 16:02

Don't Panic. OK, Now Panic!

#95. On this week's show we discus a period in which the wheels fell of United's title challenge, with defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle. We ponder the key issues of the week, including Sir Alex Ferguson's decision to drop David de Gea, Nani's form, Phil Jones' mistakes and United's set pieces.

01 January 2012, 15:00

Plug in, watch John Vanderslice's world spin

Plug in, watch John Vanderslice's world spin Tools of musician John Vanderslice's trade double as his favorite things At first glance, 1458-A San Bruno Ave., the address of John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone recording studio, doesn't exist.

31 December 2011, 01:37

This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube-- North Korea holds two days of funeral ceremonies for Kim Jong-il, Arab league monitors arrive in Syria, and Nordic storm "Dagmar" batters Scandinavia

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every week we'll...

23 December 2011, 08:20

This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube--North Korea's "dear leader" dies, Egyptian women protest after beatings, and dozens killed in Iraq after US troops leave

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every week we'll...

23 December 2011, 01:08