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Story of the week: How to defeat willpower

By Steve | Published: January 28, 2010
WNYC’s Radiolab created the most intriguing audio science story I’ve ever heard. Aired this week on NPR’s Morning Edition, two narrators play off each other to lure you through the back story that sets up the report on an astonishing experiment. A marketing professor had a set of subjects memorize a 2-digit number and another [...]
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A five-man team in a six-man league

By Steve | Published: September 26, 2009
Driving to work Friday morning, I was pulled into a story that unfolded on Colorado Public Radio. Five Arickaree High School boys talked about the decision they had to make when the school’s tiny student body did not yield enough boys to field a six-man football team. They decided to stick together and play with [...]
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Otterly excellent

By Steve | Published: March 24, 2009
Julie Zickefoose never disappoints me when she tells one of her animal stories on NPR. A recent story about her encounter with a 6-foot-long Amazon otter had several notable storytelling elements: ยง Suspense. You know the adorable otter is going to bite her, but she keeps you on tenterhooks all the way to the point [...]
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