Oct 21st, 2004 · No food for you! The Center for Consumer Freedom is airing a humorous television ad featuring the Soup Nazi made famous on the TV sitcom Seinfeld. The group is encouraging people to take more responsibility for their weight. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.
Oct 20th, 2004 · Novelist Alan Hollinghurst is awarded this year's prestigious Man Booker Prize. Hollinghurst won for The Line of Beauty, the first gay-themed novel to win the British literary honor in its 36-year history. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Rebecca Jones of the BBC.
Oct 14th, 2004 · If you've ever been annoyed listening to someone else talk on a cell phone, you're not alone. Andrew Monk, director of the Centre for Usable Home Technology at York University in England explains why the practice is so irritating. Hear Monk and NPR's Renee Montagne.
Oct 13th, 2004 · Steve Cohen talks about the show he co-created for the WB network, Jack & Bobby. The show portrays the childhood of a made-for-TV future president and his brother. Cohen, an ex-White House staffer, came up with the idea while traveling through Hope, Ark., with former President Bill Clinton. Hear Cohen and NPR's Renee Montagne.
Oct 11th, 2004 · The children's music business is booming thanks in part to the success of artists like Ella Jenkins. This month, folk-rockers like Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton will release a tribute album to honor Jenkins' contribution to the music industry. NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with Jenkins.
Oct 8th, 2004 · How does a film aficionado convince people to go to a movie that doesn't offer the easy escape of a blockbuster? NPR's Renee Montagne talks to Los Angeles Times and film critic Kenneth Turan about his new book, Never Coming to a Theater Near You.
Oct 7th, 2004 · Austrian novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelinek wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy cited her ability to reveal "the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power." Since the prize was first awarded in 1901, only nine women have won it. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Neda Ulaby.
Oct 6th, 2004 · This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be split by two scientists from the Israel Institute of Technology and an American from the University of California, Irvine. They discovered how living cells carefully select the materials inside them that need to be broken down and recycled. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Richard Harris.