In the Loop Archives

• 2010.03.22: Last Tune: You Had a Good Run
• 2010.03.19: The. Last. Show.
• 2010.03.09: In The Loop is ending. (There, I said it.)
• 2010.03.05: The Chilean Priest, the Stubborn Senator, and the Secret Shopper in the Back Pew
• 2010.03.05: One Pastor describes the "moral quake" in Chile
• 2010.03.04: NewsTune: Jim Bunning's Placed a Hold on My Heart
• 2010.03.04: Rate your Church
• 2010.02.24: Playing your heart out (and hoping to make money at it)
• 2010.02.23: A Singing Tiger, a Dancing Frenchman, a Snowboarder and Bill Nye walk into a podcast...
• 2010.02.22: Surviving Snowboard Cross
• 2010.02.19: NewsTune: Lyrics by Tiger
• 2010.02.19: The "Chat Roulette" interview
• 2010.02.17: Starving Artist: Poet-slash-photographer
• 2010.02.17: Psst: Like In The Loop? Want to support MPR? This way, please...
• 2010.02.16: In The Loop: Learning to live without . . .
• 2010.02.11: A dispatch from the Snowmageddon out east
• 2010.02.08: Going through the President's mail
• 2010.02.05: Letters to Obama - Open-Source Moon Landing - Federal Budget Sing-Along
• 2010.02.05: NASA + Wikipedia = OpenLuna
• 2010.02.04: With Toyota's troubles, how are American cars doing?
• 2010.02.04: NewsTune: The Obama 2011 Budget
• 2010.02.01: NewsTune: an iPad iSong
• 2010.02.01: This Super Bowl will be a game changer . . . for the commercials
• 2010.01.29: Gamechangers: Superbowl? iPad? SOTU? George Clooney?
• 2010.01.29: NewsTune: How could we resist an iPad song?
• 2010.01.29: Argentina's Central Bank crisis: Their mess, or ours too?
• 2010.01.28: What the relief effort in Haiti can learn from Darfur
• 2010.01.26: The "Starving Artist" Interviews: Comedian
• 2010.01.25: Could term limits be the answer to political stagnation?
• 2010.01.22: Things to Love: Haitians, Term Limits, Fake Neil Young, and a Cube-less Life
• 2010.01.22: "Ten Artists, One Clear Message:" A song for Haiti
• 2010.01.21: The culture behind the catastrophe in Haiti
• 2010.01.19: Introducing the amazing photosynthesizing sea slug!
• 2010.01.15: Episode: Mapping Haiti, 2010: "The Movie," and the woman who called the Conan thing
• 2010.01.15: Best practices for donating to the effort in Haiti
• 2010.01.14: Crisis mapping the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti
• 2010.01.14: Media predictions 2010: Conan, MySpace and newspapers all lose big time
• 2010.01.11: LoopStreaming (video): Chasing the acting bug when the economy blows
• 2010.01.11: Overworked and under-vacationed!
• 2010.01.08: How to: Vacation in Yemen, Interpret Tech Hype, and Quit Your Job (slowly)
• 2010.01.07: Danger vacation: a trip to Yemen
• 2010.01.06: NewsTune: Burj Khalifa Dubai (Really? Yes.)
• 2010.01.06: Easing your way out of the job you hate
• 2010.01.05: iSlate iNsanity (a talk with Macworld's Jason Snell)
• 2009.12.22: Year-end interview: Super-skeptic Steve Novella
• 2009.12.21: Strange holiday traditions, from black face to pooping logs
• 2009.12.21: Climate cartoonist concludes from Copenhagen
• 2009.12.18: In The Loop: The Economics, Psychology and Anthropology of Santa. (Plus Copenhagen. And Joe Lieberman.)
• 2009.12.18: 'Twas the Night Before...health-care reform
• 2009.12.17: An economic argument against gift giving
• 2009.12.15: Hot topic in Copenhagen: Who pays for climate damage?
• 2009.12.11: New Episode: Angry Climate Hookers - Revolutionary Frogs - Santa Three-way
• 2009.12.11: Free sex in Copenhagen: Is it sustainable?
• 2009.12.10: NewsTune: It's Not Easy Being (a) Green (Revolutionary)
• 2009.12.07: How to become a Reality TV star!
• 2009.12.04: Nation-building in Afghanistan
• 2009.12.03: New Episode: How to Build a Nation, Wreck an Economy, and Get on a Reality Show
• 2009.12.02: After Black Friday, even blacker times . . .
• 2009.11.25: New Episode: Tales of Online Dating
• 2009.11.24: NewsTune: Media Thanksgiving, 2009
• 2009.11.20: New Episode: Cao Speaks - "The Farm Report" - Turkey Alternatives
• 2009.11.19: Rep. Joseph Cao talks health care vote and song parodies
• 2009.11.18: Will health care reform survive the Senate?
• 2009.11.17: Visanthe Shiancoe: the Twittering Viking
• 2009.11.13: New Episode: Congressional Cowboys - App Store Rejects - Twittering Tight Ends
• 2009.11.12: NewsTune: The Ballad of Joseph Cao
• 2009.11.09: Super rich tax cheats beware!
• 2009.11.06: New Episode: Tax Cheats, Secret Sources & My Guy Karzai
• 2009.11.05: The nightlife in Afghanistan
• 2009.11.04: NewsTune: Karzai (the song)
• 2009.11.02: Which Vikings player should In The Loop (try to) interview?
• 2009.10.26: Down but not out in Detroit
• 2009.10.23: From the cockpit...
• 2009.10.23: The Pakistani military goes in big
• 2009.10.21: Weighing in on Google Wave
• 2009.10.21: NewsTune: For the financial CEOs...
• 2009.10.19: Q: "Can my membership support In The Loop?"
• 2009.10.16: Pssst . . . it's a conspiracy!
• 2009.10.14: Woody Guthrie vs. Tim Geithner . . .
• 2009.10.13: Iran: Plucking some fish from muddy waters
• 2009.10.12: On the phone from Afghanistan: Captain Planet
• 2009.10.09: Sinners are red, Midwesterners are blue...
• 2009.10.08: NewsTune: "I admit me ears perk up at David Letterman..."
• 2009.10.07: Saturn fades away, but Chevy is 'Like a Rock'
• 2009.10.05: No Olympics for Chicago, but Cleveland lands the Gay Games
• 2009.10.02: Another take on Honduras
• 2009.10.01: Where Iranian nuclear negotiations meet Laverne & Shirley
• 2009.09.28: Parents, this one's for you: The new science of child-rearing
• 2009.09.25: Dental Insurance Reform?
• 2009.09.25: So You've Got Swine Flu.
• 2009.09.25: 1,500 Facebook Fans...here's to (some of) you
• 2009.09.23: The best of times and worst of times for inventors
• 2009.09.22: If health care reform dies, what's Plan B?
• 2009.09.17: NewsTune: Kanye, Joe, Serena...mind your manners!
• 2009.09.16: "We'll miss you Patrick Swayze"
• 2009.09.14: Robots: Our Future or Our End?
• 2009.09.11: Obama and Madoff get slammed . . . poetically that is.
• 2009.09.10: Surviving your health care
• 2009.09.09: MPRNewsQ.org (the song)
• 2009.09.02: We're at it again, cold-calling our listeners
• 2009.09.01: Mom and pop shops worry about health-care reform too
• 2009.08.31: What people are *really* talking about at dinner
• 2009.08.28: NewsTune: B-B-Bernanke and the Fed
• 2009.08.27: Why we outsource our terrorism suspects
• 2009.08.18: Census takers, put on your running shoes.
• 2009.08.17: Invoking an out-of-body experience, and operating with half a brain
• 2009.08.14: Some welcome change in Zimbabwe
• 2009.08.13: The Ballad of John Yettaw
• 2009.08.10: Blue Dogs, The Tuesday Group, and other frats that affect national policy
• 2009.08.06: In The Loop NewsTune: ThunderBill!
• 2009.08.05: What kind of person vacations in Iraq?
• 2009.08.04: My Facebook Friend: Star Trek, status updates, and online consistency
• 2009.08.03: Newsweek's Ellis Cose: An "almost universal experience for black men"
• 2009.07.31: Post-apocolyptic buildings and ultra-elegant toilets
• 2009.07.30: Hot Loop on Loop action
• 2009.07.29: Merce Cunningham and the YouTube generation
• 2009.07.22: NewsTune: (Here Comes the) Public Plan!
• 2009.07.22: The terrorism we see and the terrorism we don't see
• 2009.07.21: Hey Joe Biden, where you been hiding?
• 2009.07.20: Japan's economic hubris and political moment
• 2009.07.16: The founding of Facebook: sex, scandal and social media?
• 2009.07.15: Economic indicators: Cat-sitting, bad spelling, and corporate run-around
• 2009.07.15: NewsTune: Wise Latina Woman
• 2009.07.10: NewsTune: No one takes RUSSIA for granted!
• 2009.07.09: An Uighur offers perspective on the violence in Urumqi
• 2009.07.08: What the protests in Iran mean to an Iranian
• 2009.07.08: Listener Palin Poems, rollin' in
• 2009.07.02: Iraq won't miss us much . . .
• 2009.07.01: NewsTune (video): Franken+Twitter=Song
• 2009.06.30: In real life, affairs don't always end with an apology
• 2009.06.29: NewsTune: Could That Someone Be "Tim The Pen..."
• 2009.06.29: Not Mr. Rogers and fake Prince
• 2009.06.26: Debut of the ITL "Listener Cold Call"
• 2009.06.26: Elegy for Michael, one fan's poem
• 2009.06.25: The man who wanted to be the next Mr. Rogers
• 2009.06.23: The Island Uighur Welcome Song (VIDEO!)
• 2009.06.17: Does China really hate porn *that* much?
• 2009.06.16: The Island Uigher Welcome Song!
• 2009.06.15: Meet Spiderbaby, my new Facebook Friend
• 2009.06.09: In The Loop: Behind the Music (the North Korea medley)
• 2009.06.08: Blues Traveler + North Korea = "The Nuke"
• 2009.06.05: Newspapers: Too big (or important) to fail?
• 2009.06.03: 'Why are vegans and vegetarians so pushy about their diets?'
• 2009.06.03: Bill's Got Nukes Under His Skin
• 2009.06.02: Who loves their Chrysler? (Anybody?)
• 2009.06.01: Drive with no eyes and see through your tongue
• 2009.05.26: Even your grandma can learn to podcast! (A musical tutorial.)
• 2009.05.22: What ever happened to the flea circus?
• 2009.05.21: For Manju, going home to Sri Lanka wasn't even an option -- but now?
• 2009.05.15: The Five Phases of Public Radio Pledge Drive Acceptance
• 2009.05.07: Catching H1N1 on purpose? Experts (and anyone with common sense) say 'don't do it!'
• 2009.05.07: In The Loop Facebook FAN DRIVE, Day 2!
• 2009.05.05: Testing testing: Leave us an AUDIO message
• 2009.05.01: What do cyborgs, swine flu and quitting your job have in common?
• 2009.04.29: Don't Cough on Me...
• 2009.04.24: Show us your Sean Connery Impression
• 2009.04.23: What you think of us.
• 2009.04.23: OK: "2004 Silver Ford Explorer" never actually hit the streets "between 2:30 and 4 pm"
• 2009.04.22: Edina Police Chief: "We put out accurate information."
• 2009.04.22: We MIGHT be accosting your children between 2 and 4:30 pm in a silver Ford Explorer. Or not.
• 2009.04.21: "To Catch a Pr-" (strike that) "To BE a Predator..."
• 2009.04.21: Human bodies, version 2.0
• 2009.04.20: When old nemeses lock thumbs and become Bro's.
• 2009.04.17: Weird Airline Stories Quiz . . . step up to the challenge!
• 2009.04.09: The Saturn Song (video!)
• 2009.04.08: Bikes for people who don't like biking?
• 2009.04.07: Meet the eyeborg, a man with a camera in his face.
• 2009.04.06: One CEO worth his salt . . .
• 2009.04.03: The auto industry is not to blame! (Really?)
• 2009.04.02: Saving Newspapers: The Musical
• 2009.04.01: One man. One guitar. One hour. Zero Ideas.
• 2009.04.01: No foolin', new drug curbs kleptomania!
• 2009.03.31: Remembering "Big Fat Truck"
• 2009.03.31: Come get your news points everybody!
• 2009.03.30: Many paths to your wallet: NPR contemplates its own fund drive
• 2009.03.27: The ol' "I V vi IV" trick...
• 2009.03.26: Inquiring Internet minds want to know...about POT! POT! POT!
• 2009.03.25: Go ahead, give us an assignment!
• 2009.03.24: What the death of the music biz says about us
• 2009.03.23: Woz makes me happy
• 2009.03.23: Will NPR save the news?
• 2009.03.20: New video: Bills of Attainder, Obama Bracketology, and public radio cage matches
• 2009.03.19: Starbucks, Bird's Nest and Alpacas . . . Oh My!
• 2009.03.18: Thoughts (and a bad joke) about AIG
• 2009.03.16: Busy busy busy (a song for Obama's first months)
• 2009.03.16: How to smack talk the government in China without getting caught (for now)
• 2009.03.12: Introducing YouTube's Lonely Hearts Club Band!
• 2009.03.11: Chinese Foreign Ministry 'Phrase of the Day'
• 2009.03.10: The power of Nostalgia
• 2009.03.09: Is Tim Pawlenty in *your* Fave 5?
• 2009.02.27: A new wook for our widget
• 2009.02.26: Finally, someone explains "The Internet Highway"
• 2009.02.25: Obama v. Jindal: Our take
• 2009.02.24: State money...to help the newspapers survive
• 2009.02.24: Housing Starts (and stops. and starts.) Part II
• 2009.02.23: "Beautiful Women Project Update"
• 2009.02.20: When a chimp is just a chimp . . . and when it's not
• 2009.02.19: Our credit mess - visualized!
• 2009.02.18: Cuba frees itself from the tyranny of Windows OS!
• 2009.02.17: Journalism and evolution
• 2009.02.10: First up: Bob Marley Lager and Bob Marley coffee
• 2009.02.10: 'Why all the tax trouble?' Tax preparers weigh in.
• 2009.02.10: High drama in the mortgage biz
• 2009.02.09: Bill Gates releases mosquito menace on TED2009 audience
• 2009.02.06: Forget Phelps, pot smoking hits the sumo world even harder
• 2009.02.05: Playing refugee in Davos
• 2009.02.05: Move over Batmobile, Obama's got the tricked out ride now
• 2009.02.03: Don't think of an F-22 Raptor
• 2009.02.03: Van Halen gets the Microsoft treatment
• 2009.02.02: Chinese Premier is the latest to get "shoed" by protesters
• 2009.01.30: 'Someone set us up the [logic] bomb!'
• 2009.01.30: Fun with stimulation
• 2009.01.29: Leggo my Blago-jevich
• 2009.01.29: Putin bites Michael Dell's face off
• 2009.01.28: The postman always rings twice, but not for long
• 2009.01.28: 'Ken Leeeeee! Tulibu dibu douchou!'
• 2009.01.27: Giggity-giggity
• 2009.01.27: Obama's first interview...thought I'd have more to say about it
• 2009.01.26: High taxes, high budgets and high fives
• 2009.01.26: Barack, Abe. Abe, Barack. I'm sure you guys have lots to talk about.
• 2009.01.22: "God Save the...Butter?"
• 2009.01.22: What's black and white and read all over? Blogs now apparently.
• 2009.01.21: Falling into the LoopHole
• 2009.01.21: You wouldn't eat a kitten, right?
• 2009.01.20: As a public service: The lyrics to that God-awful 'America' song on Oprah
• 2009.01.16: TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY!
• 2009.01.15: 'Hey European Union, can't you take a joke?'
• 2009.01.14: Mark Seeley's most unusual assignment? Us.
• 2009.01.12: Hugo Chavez is huge. No, really -- he's HUGE.
• 2009.01.09: This is real. Oh. My. Lord.
• 2009.01.08: "Steve Don't Go:" The Steve Jobs song
• 2009.01.08: Joe the Plumber will unclog journalism next
• 2009.01.07: Your guide to the uber-quartet of Public Television narrators
• 2009.01.06: Sanjay Gupta: From talking head to...official talking head
• 2009.01.06: A Christmas Carol . . . starring pretty much all of NPR
• 2009.01.05: We been bootlegged: Audience videos from the Story Slam
• 2008.12.22: Far Side comics come to life
• 2008.12.19: "Hucksters and frauds...la la la la..." (the Bernie Madoff song)
• 2008.12.18: Jeff, just moments before a major beating
• 2008.12.16: "Hugh Grant ruined our marriage!"
• 2008.12.15: Other (cooler) ways the shoe-toss could have played out
• 2008.12.12: Need cheering up? Try these . . .
• 2008.12.11: Awwwww. The PuppyCam Song
• 2008.12.11: This makes no sense and it's very funny.
• 2008.12.09: Chatting at work makes you more productive. (Really.)
• 2008.12.08: Robots are gathering on a farm in China
• 2008.12.04: Rosetta Stone language learning software: the song
• 2008.12.02: Ambivalent on Etsy
• 2008.11.26: What would your dream-bot do?
• 2008.11.25: The lost legend of Star Wars . . .
• 2008.11.21: Research Round-Up: Graffiti, TV and Marijuana . . .
• 2008.11.21: "Recount Fever!" (the song)
• 2008.11.20: Sneak peak: Our take on the astronaut-bag thing
• 2008.11.20: Too much art?
• 2008.11.19: Star-Tribune and Pioneer Press combining headline-writing staffs to save money?
• 2008.11.17: What keeps you reading newspapers?
• 2008.11.14: Obama writes back to Iran...
• 2008.11.13: Rahm Emanuel: Hot or Not?
• 2008.11.11: Now I'm really confused: There's a TV network specifically *for* babies?
• 2008.11.10: Republicans Gone Wired
• 2008.11.07: CNN's "holograms:" Not what they were projected to be
• 2008.11.07: A preview of tonight's tune: Good Luck, Barack!
• 2008.11.06: ITL Poll: What kind of puppy should Obama get?
• 2008.11.05: Liberals vs Conservatives: Who has a better sense of humor?
• 2008.11.04: Non-election news: Bad language at the Supreme Court is for their ears only
• 2008.11.03: Want to feel immortal? Go read Perez Hilton.
• 2008.10.30: I installed Vista...and I liiiiiiiiiike it.
• 2008.10.29: The campaign season . . . through an Etch-A-Sketch
• 2008.10.28: Garfield minus a cease and desist letter
• 2008.10.27: The difference between Brits and us
• 2008.10.21: We do Ira
• 2008.10.16: Weirdest baby costumes ever
• 2008.10.15: Death, porn, video games...what's really "recession proof?"
• 2008.10.14: To tip or not to tip . . .
• 2008.10.13: From plaudits to "putrid:" Reactions to the political pastor interview (and my response)
• 2008.10.08: Putin's new Judo instructional video
• 2008.10.08: New Poll: Who won that sad, mediocre debate?
• 2008.10.07: Babies 'n' TV: Part II
• 2008.10.06: If you think the U.S. has is bad, try being a Grey-Faced Sengi
• 2008.10.03: Returning home after a hurricane
• 2008.10.03: Video: Jeff's talk with voters after the MPR debate party
• 2008.10.02: Potential veeps in poetic verse
• 2008.10.01: Debating the moderators
• 2008.09.30: George Michael, our buddy, arrested again.
• 2008.09.30: Space is opening up for business
• 2008.09.29: Hey Ralph Nader! Stop taking yourself so seriously!
• 2008.09.26: Losing the "liberal" from college campuses?
• 2008.09.25: Beautiful David Blaine video: Citizen Journalism at its best
• 2008.09.24: Goodness gracious: Al Franken says SWEAR words?!?
• 2008.09.23: Funny to musicians
• 2008.09.18: Case you missed it: GM unveils a car you can't buy
• 2008.09.17: OMG! R.I.P. TRL?
• 2008.09.16: Never thought I'd be so happy my kid likes TV
• 2008.09.15: If the U.S. economy was your child, what would you do?
• 2008.09.12: National Weather Service warns of..."certain death?"
• 2008.09.10: Wall Street Journal: Retailers using computer software to "reprogram" workers
• 2008.09.09: Name that beard!
• 2008.09.09: Why the world may or may not end tomorrow . . .
• 2008.09.08: Poems from the RNC
• 2008.09.08: "Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!" on your TV screen
• 2008.09.05: What is "Hockey Mom" in Japanese?
• 2008.09.03: Behind the music: Rage Against the Machine
• 2008.09.03: This is not an endorsement.
• 2008.09.03: Amy Goodman.........enjoys a latte
• 2008.09.02: Journalists under fire . . .
• 2008.09.02: Google's browser out today?
• 2008.09.01: Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman arrested at RNC protest
• 2008.09.01: Choosing Palin: Stupid like a Fox?
• 2008.08.28: McCain vs. The Redskins (vs. The Giants)
• 2008.08.28: Immigration raids: What if your town was next?
• 2008.08.26: Next up State Fair Smell-o-vision!
• 2008.08.26: The one dollar house and the city of farms.
• 2008.08.25: Protests close off chunks of downtown Denver on first night
• 2008.08.22: Money for medals, tension in Pakistan and waiting for a text from Obama
• 2008.08.22: What's an Olympic gold medal really worth?
• 2008.08.21: Drawing on sidewalks isn't just for kids . . .
• 2008.08.20: The Onion breaks down the crucial voter demographics
• 2008.08.19: Geography lesson: Where is Central Asia?
• 2008.08.15: What is it like on the ground in Georgia?
• 2008.08.14: I want a Hang drum
• 2008.08.14: Of ghosted girls and phony phirework phootprints
• 2008.08.13: Bela Karolyi, shootin' from the hip
• 2008.08.12: Should bizzare baby names be illegal?
• 2008.08.11: Scientists take us one step closer to invisibility!
• 2008.08.08: The Olympics, Korean protests and a shrinking Big Mac
• 2008.08.07: Greetings cards sent behind bars
• 2008.08.06: 'Barely Political' re-dubs Obama's heckle-handling
• 2008.08.06: Poor McCain! Even Paris Hilton is taking shots at him!
• 2008.08.06: Had no idea: The Olympics have started already
• 2008.08.05: Free-hand Franken
• 2008.08.05: Our curency may be sinking, but it's "higher" than any other money in the world.
• 2008.08.04: Losing your life to a com-poo-ter
• 2008.08.01: How we choose to remember a tragedy . . .
• 2008.07.29: The Great Barack Obama Joke Contest!
• 2008.07.25: What's with all the "lame duck diplomacy"? Plus more Obama jokes
• 2008.07.24: Oil reserves easier to get to...thanks to global warming
• 2008.07.23: Where do you put "former U.S. president" on a resume?
• 2008.07.22: Huffington Post-er: NPR abandons young people. What-EVER.
• 2008.07.21: An inside voice from Zimbabwe's 2.2 million percent inflation...
• 2008.07.17: The 'ugliest yacht in the world' ?
• 2008.07.16: Come in Zimbabwe, are you there?
• 2008.07.15: The rise -- and eventual fall -- of new public radio shows
• 2008.07.14: Jesse needs a new nickname: Cast your vote!
• 2008.07.11: Living through a lousy economy, the Twittering Congressman and Toby Keith tries to sell you a "big fat truck"
• 2008.07.11: Robots that love punk music . . . my dream come true!
• 2008.07.08: You've won the lottery . . . would you like your prize in regular or unleaded?
• 2008.07.07: Ford speaks from both corners of its grill
• 2008.07.03: As if we needed another reason to *never fist-bump again*
• 2008.07.02: The coolest press conference ever
• 2008.07.02: New dad: How often should I call home?
• 2008.07.02: Houses: What can you get for $25,000?
• 2008.07.01: Japan's own "West Wing?"
• 2008.06.30: Neil Patrick Harris sings . . . and redefines show business?
• 2008.06.27: "Because" . . . a word that will get you what you want
• 2008.06.26: John McCain presents "Pork Invaders!"
• 2008.06.25: At last, Spider-Man the musical!
• 2008.06.24: Japanese game shows versus American egos
• 2008.06.23: Presidential candidate debate . . . in 140 characters or less
• 2008.06.20: Twitter, transparency and the House of Congress
• 2008.06.13: Cold summers, food crisis, high cost of transportation? We've seen it before.
• 2008.06.11: Get 40 miles to the gallon . . . no Prius necessary!
• 2008.06.10: Car Talk the Cartoon . . . what's next?
• 2008.06.10: Why we're gone
• 2008.06.09: Life on the Tweet Beat
• 2008.06.06: Bored with your dinners, why not take a challenge?
• 2008.06.04: How do you make 1,000 gallons of milk disappear?
• 2008.05.30: The Week: Immigration raids, the Week in Green, and McCain's "Bachelor" adventure
• 2008.05.29: An open secret in NE Iowa
• 2008.05.28: A big bubble of oil?
• 2008.05.27: Jingle me this, Jingle me that.
• 2008.05.26: Latest episode of "The Week:" Chinese patriotism, talking gas pumps, dumpster diving, and a Hillary song
• 2008.05.21: Disneyland's Jack Sparrow tells all . . .
• 2008.05.20: We Sprout.
• 2008.05.19: Waterworld is one step closer to reality!
• 2008.05.16: These gas prices are freakin' ridic...Ooh, it's PumpCast!
• 2008.05.16: How are Americans handling their stimulus check?
• 2008.05.15: Real life Iron Man
• 2008.05.14: What if I told you Minneapolis was the cleanest city in the world?
• 2008.05.14: A personal experience with the China quake
• 2008.05.13: Are you a 'Black Diamond' at airport security?
• 2008.05.13: Bye-bye, old (toxic?) cup. Hello weird replacement.
• 2008.05.12: Food crunch and the dumpster-diver
• 2008.05.12: Do have what it takes to be a 'Budget Hero?'
• 2008.05.09: WSHD: "What Should Hillary Do?"
• 2008.05.08: You know you're (almost) a grown-up when...
• 2008.05.07: Bescumber your rivals: Learn some new words
• 2008.05.05: St. Cloud Superman -- the song, the dude
• 2008.05.02: Speaking of tripping on LSD . . .
• 2008.05.01: Was the invention of LSD a good or bad thing?
• 2008.04.30: Stimulus checks: Botox, blow it at the casino...but mostly savings
• 2008.04.25: Miami gets foam, we get more snow
• 2008.04.23: Frankenfoods are on the rise!
• 2008.04.22: Forget the primary, Clinton and Obama lay the smackdown on WWE!
• 2008.04.21: Blogging from the polygamy beat
• 2008.04.18: Oh, yeah. The Chinese got the media all figured out
• 2008.04.17: "To gently ease the Red Tail on into eternity..."
• 2008.04.17: Is your diet Republican or Democrat?
• 2008.04.15: Northwest: A listener eulogy
• 2008.04.15: Scientists using "brain enhancing drugs"?
• 2008.04.11: Do your funny pages need a remix?
• 2008.04.08: No more "Simpsons" in Chavez's socialist paradise
• 2008.04.04: "Ely sale to Canada" hoax: The stats are in
• 2008.04.03: Coming this summer: Battle of the stupid celebrity circus shows
• 2008.04.02: News Flash: MySpace preparing to take on iTunes
• 2008.04.02: Mission to Mars: Is it even worth it?
• 2008.04.01: Mesabi Daily News: Playing along on April Fools (and is there anything wrong with that?)
• 2008.03.31: "How do you feel about video games?"
• 2008.03.28: Breaking news: Canada makes a bid to buy Ely
• 2008.03.27: Has a presidential candidate shown up in your dreams lately?
• 2008.03.26: Poll: Hillary's "Sniper-Gate:" What really happened?
• 2008.03.25: Are bats (and bees) going the way of the buffalo?
• 2008.03.24: The "Loop" in action...
• 2008.03.21: The best of YouTube: like the Oscars only less predictable
• 2008.03.20: "Just Waiting for my Airplane to the Sea"
• 2008.03.14: Poll: "Spitzer's wife: What was she thinking???"
• 2008.03.12: "Red Tail" Northwest doc aims for Sundance
• 2008.03.11: Without nameless, faceless weirdos . . . what is left of the Internet?
• 2008.03.07: Election coverage poll: Had enough yet? MORE MORE MORE?
• 2008.03.06: Manage your time the 8-bit way
• 2008.03.04: Dolphin Double-Speak
• 2008.03.03: Being "super" ain't all it's cracked up to be
• 2008.02.28: Democrats: Can't decide? Introducing "Barackary Clintama!"
• 2008.02.27: Real-life Robo-cop is just like any vigilante . . .
• 2008.02.26: West St. Paul gets a theme song
• 2008.02.21: U.S. State Department "Understatement of the Day"
• 2008.02.20: Big schools rake it in
• 2008.02.14: America . . . as viewed by Romanian school children
• 2008.02.13: What'll you do with your STIMULUS CHECK?
• 2008.02.11: It's raining, it's pouring . . . but mostly on weekdays.
• 2008.02.08: YouTube stardom (whether you want it or not)
• 2008.02.05: In The Loop "helps" you get ready for the caucuses
• 2008.02.04: The Beatles' big break in space
• 2008.02.01: Super Tuesday limerick MADNESS!!!!
• 2008.01.31: Caucus...pRiMaRy...MADNESS!!!
• 2008.01.28: The Final Frontier . . . brought to you by Virgin Mobile
• 2008.01.22: Nursing my double shot of espresso
• 2008.01.18: Hand your better half a broom
• 2008.01.15: "A flippy-to-the-flippy-to-the-flip-flip-flop..."
• 2008.01.14: Could robots be your new retirement plan?
• 2008.01.08: We're just getting started
• 2008.01.07: Some weird, weird moments with Bobby Knight
• 2008.01.04: Victorian-era laptops and steam powered guitars
• 2008.01.03: Russell Baker...is ALIVE!
• 2008.01.02: Hold off on that gym membership!
• 2007.12.31: See 2007 flash before your eyes
• 2007.12.31: Forget the media . . . who are the candidates talking about?
• 2007.12.28: Where the heck *are* those dudes?
• 2007.12.27: Bhutto, at the speed of Wiki...
• 2007.12.19: Blogging 2.0?
• 2007.12.18: So what's the deal with In The Loop, anyway?
• 2007.12.14: A treat for you all!
• 2007.12.11: I'll name your baby at a discount rate
• 2007.12.05: The Year According to You
• 2007.12.04: Making music using vegetables. (Not *that* kind of music)
• 2007.12.03: Alex Chadwick + Card Table =
• 2007.12.02: People you don't expect to meet on MySpace
• 2007.11.27: Does a flip-flop by any other name smell as sweet?
• 2007.11.26: Move over Elmo, these robots can do more than laugh!
• 2007.11.21: 99 red balloons
• 2007.11.20: You might not want to sit down for this
• 2007.11.19: Psst . . . Hey. You there. Wanna see some numbers?
• 2007.11.15: Side job
• 2007.11.13: A politician and a change of heart
• 2007.11.12: How to look good in "flip flops"
• 2007.11.10: In The Loop and "Fortune:" Great minds think alike.
• 2007.11.08: HEADLINE: Online newspaper looks kind of like...a newspaper
• 2007.11.07: Forget The French Connection, we've got robots!
• 2007.11.06: Volunteering: The fountain of youth?
• 2007.11.01: MinnPost vs. Daily Mole: Who will rule the future of journalism?
• 2007.10.31: Chinese lead shows up in something you're *supposed* to put in your mouth. Nice.
• 2007.10.30: Computer games that are good for you
• 2007.10.29: A bully boss goes bye-bye
• 2007.10.24: Maybe they're supposed to push you around
• 2007.10.23: Bullies aren't just for kids
• 2007.10.22: One day even Robot Weddings will be boring
• 2007.10.21: ITL "debaters" in the Strib
• 2007.10.20: Internet Pseudo-Celebrity 101
• 2007.10.17: Looking to buy some skin
• 2007.10.16: The revolution will not be online ... in certain countries
• 2007.10.15: Better than curry and crossword puzzles?
• 2007.10.15: The new (and improved?) ITL -- any reactions?
• 2007.10.11: The new LoopHole gang
• 2007.10.10: My avatar wears yellow
• 2007.10.09: "Friend" was a verb before Facebook
• 2007.10.08: Grown-ups ruin Facebook, what's next?
• 2007.10.04: One man, one bet
• 2007.10.02: What The...? China tells Myanmar to "achieve democracy"
• 2007.10.01: Life on a list
• 2007.09.28: The deeper side of garage sales
• 2007.09.28: DNA - The Ultimate Marketing Tool
• 2007.09.25: Are you a mind reader?
• 2007.09.24: Protesting goes Hollywood
• 2007.09.21: Will there be a photographer at the consummation as well?
• 2007.09.20: Loopin' it up, just like old times...
• 2007.09.19: "Facebook in the Flesh"
• 2007.09.18: "Married with Children" is the new indicator of a healthy economy
• 2007.09.14: Is that you, or your "Googleganger"?
• 2007.09.10: Big brother is watching you watch "Big Brother"
• 2007.09.06: Even Jack Kerouac got old
• 2007.09.04: Flickin' the flacks
• 2007.08.31: Suffer from "Wide Stance?" You're not alone.
• 2007.08.30: Newsweek: History of the Bathroom Bust
• 2007.08.29: Glowing orbs? Hovering lights? It could be ball lightning.
• 2007.08.28: Fall in love with robots all over again!
• 2007.08.27: Tired of sneaking sips from the pickle jar in order to win the big race?
• 2007.08.23: Bravo, Story Slammers
• 2007.08.21: Has your energy drink been to space?!
• 2007.08.17: LoopCast: More "Songs From Scrizz-atch"
• 2007.08.16: Scratching out a Song
• 2007.08.15: I can't wait to grow up so I can finally enjoy my childhood!
• 2007.08.13: Hey newspapers! Stop whining! Do something new!
• 2007.08.07: From one tragedy to another
• 2007.08.01: Is the command for that "Ctrl-P" ?
• 2007.07.27: "Public Radio Laboratories:" Working to adapt public radio to the audience of tomorrow
• 2007.07.25: Would you like advertisements with that?
• 2007.07.24: Pay no attention to the silly snowman: Picking my way back through the YouTube debate
• 2007.07.20: In The Loop "Story Slam"
• 2007.07.20: You won't believe your eyes
• 2007.07.19: 1-800 Dial-A-Story
• 2007.07.18: At last, the "Story Slam" line-up...
• 2007.07.17: LoopCast -- better late than never, right?
• 2007.07.16: How to win the battle for your office thermostat
• 2007.07.12: Being a loner can be exhausting
• 2007.07.09: A pill to make bad memories go bye bye?
• 2007.07.06: NPR does one for the kids
• 2007.07.03: "One part of a very big story"
• 2007.07.02: Minnesota iPhone tidbits
• 2007.06.29: A reward for LoopHole watchers...
• 2007.06.22: Get an early listen to our featured performers from Dorothy Day
• 2007.06.22: The Video Game Drug?
• 2007.06.21: Behind the scenes from "In The Loop: Live at Dorothy Day"
• 2007.06.20: An impressive showing at Dorothy Day
• 2007.06.19: Enough with the cats!
• 2007.06.19: Tony the Cool Crooner
• 2007.06.18: The line up's lining up
• 2007.06.14: What kind of sleep can you get at the shelter?
• 2007.06.13: The 5 Second Rule is true!!!
• 2007.06.11: A board game renaissance?
• 2007.06.08: How to steal a giant sandwich in 4 easy steps
• 2007.06.07: A Slammin' Success
• 2007.06.06: Wanna get "slammed"?
• 2007.06.05: Robots are the new kittens
• 2007.06.04: The new Olympic logo stinks.
• 2007.05.31: People say the darndest things
• 2007.05.30: Minority Report meets Ms. Pac Man
• 2007.05.25: Introducing "Tony the Life Coach"
• 2007.05.25: "You Gotta Go To School" goes video-rific
• 2007.05.24: The Internet continues to blow my mind (part 2)
• 2007.05.22: Kittens across the Internet
• 2007.05.18: Hey, early birds...
• 2007.05.18: In The Loop gets schooled: Tonight at 9
• 2007.05.16: Are the five senses all we get?
• 2007.05.15: Do you like big words? Take a look at this.
• 2007.05.14: Just a tasty-taste....
• 2007.05.14: This one's for the Helpdesk guys...
• 2007.05.11: Bumper sticker flashcards!
• 2007.05.10: Dead trees and "deadwood" at the Star Tribune
• 2007.05.09: Why give to public radio? Because the Frontline Guy says so!
• 2007.05.08: Vocab ROCK-N-ROLL!
• 2007.05.08: The Schoolhouse Rock Alumni
• 2007.05.07: Schoolhouse Rocks!
• 2007.05.04: What if enlightenment had a light switch?
• 2007.05.03: Who are today's Woodward & Bernstein?
• 2007.05.02: The Internet as a game of Risk
• 2007.05.01: MN Senate: Smoke this. You'll feel better.
• 2007.05.01: When you think steaks, think....Donald Trump and Sharper Image (what???)
• 2007.04.30: Yeah, but how many tiny veggie corn dogs have I eaten?
• 2007.04.27: A shout-out from the right...and, are we as big as we look?
• 2007.04.26: The future (?) of public radio
• 2007.04.25: Making the Internet more intuitive
• 2007.04.24: Are there bloggers in The Matrix?
• 2007.04.24: How the Pentagon Papers nearly leaked in Minneapolis
• 2007.04.23: Next gathering set for the Guthrie
• 2007.04.20: Now playing: "In The Loop: To Take a Stand"
• 2007.04.18: A loner in a networked world
• 2007.04.17: Tolkien who?
• 2007.04.16: Ellsberg: King of the whistleblowers
• 2007.04.14: A bus, a machine gun, a crazy tourist, and a monkey
• 2007.04.13: Gabe!
• 2007.04.12: Bush -- and the working man's -- musical laments
• 2007.04.12: What did Vonnegut do for you?
• 2007.04.10: From picket signs to check out lines!
• 2007.04.07: Quite a gathering
• 2007.04.06: A once-avid golfer reflects
• 2007.04.06: The nail that sticks up gets bulldozed
• 2007.04.04: Would the Fuhrer love online petitions?
• 2007.04.03: Get on your soapbox.
• 2007.04.01: This American...Loop.
• 2007.03.31: Video Kudos from George and Mozart the Cockatoo
• 2007.03.30: Activism meets avatars
• 2007.03.29: Courage, Couric and the evening news
• 2007.03.28: We've got your crazy twisted fun right here
• 2007.03.27: It's here: The Bush song
• 2007.03.23: Listen to the new In the Loop: "Are You Your Job?"
• 2007.03.23: A sneak peek
• 2007.03.22: Wait a minute, something is missing from this bathroom . . .
• 2007.03.22: A port in the info storm
• 2007.03.20: Cornering the balloon animal market
• 2007.03.19: Veterinary-rock'n'roll-Feng-Shui-consultant. Is there a degree for that?
• 2007.03.17: Why Sanden is not a paleontologist
• 2007.03.16: Stupid, dangerous, awesome fun at work
• 2007.03.14: Et lite stykke Norge
• 2007.03.13: What's your escape plan?
• 2007.03.12: We get smacked around a little on MNSpeak...
• 2007.03.09: Pork rectum. Yum!
• 2007.03.09: Music Videos! (Sort of.)
• 2007.03.08: "Tiger for VP?"
• 2007.03.07: Only a game?
• 2007.03.06: Maybe it's not your job . . . maybe it's you!
• 2007.03.06: Big ol' baby.
• 2007.03.05: Magicians love themselves. Do you love them back?
• 2007.03.02: This weekend why not go to Dollywood?
• 2007.03.01: Are snow days for grown ups too?
• 2007.02.28: The wrong thing to ask at cocktail parties
• 2007.02.27: Slack your way to stardom
• 2007.02.23: Free samples and french kisses!
• 2007.02.22: Giant squid and weddings: A peek into our collective mind
• 2007.02.21: Captain Planet reappears...on YouTube
• 2007.02.20: Fake is the new real?
• 2007.02.16: By the skin of our teeth!
• 2007.02.15: Don't be a sucker . . .
• 2007.02.14: We, Media, You ... ?
• 2007.02.13: Greening your lifecycle
• 2007.02.12: Extraterrestrials...and global warming
• 2007.02.09: Sanden's fingers are cold.
• 2007.02.08: What do Al Gore, Mick Jagger and the Superbowl have in common?
• 2007.02.06: Feeling smug? Try running the numbers . . .
• 2007.02.05: Global warming? Have you stepped outside lately?
• 2007.02.02: "Shoot me. With a recyclable bullet!"
• 2007.02.02: Are environmental values "American" values?
• 2007.02.01: Talking trash about recycling?
• 2007.01.31: Kneadless revelation
• 2007.01.30: It ain't easy being green.
• 2007.01.29: What the heck happened to Captain Planet?
• 2007.01.26: Breaking the Ice: Muslims and the Media
• 2007.01.26: Goin' green and gettin' hitched
• 2007.01.24: Mr. President, this what we call the 6th District "death grip"
• 2007.01.23: Urban Jungles?
• 2007.01.21: Yo -- fresh music downloads HERE!
• 2007.01.19: Time to LISTEN!
• 2007.01.19: Look first, sound later
• 2007.01.16: It's that special week....
• 2007.01.09: Frick gets it
• 2007.01.04: Can we blame technology for our fibbing?
• 2007.01.03: Better living through technology?
• 2007.01.02: Whither the news?
• 2006.12.29: New Year's LoopCast: Burning things and tap dancing
• 2006.12.27: Legal lessons by comic book
• 2006.12.22: Wide-angle
• 2006.12.20: A Holiday Surprise
• 2006.12.18: A little poetry moment
• 2006.12.15: A touching story from a "bad Jew"
• 2006.12.13: More fun in the dark!
• 2006.12.11: Do you dig darkness like I dig darkness?
• 2006.12.08: More Loop in your life
• 2006.12.05: Launched at last: Our official podcast
• 2006.12.04: Annoy this guy's neighbors...
• 2006.12.01: We have seen the light!
• 2006.11.29: Reclaiming the holidays
• 2006.11.28: New LoopCast: Hostage negotiator and Gather essays
• 2006.11.27: Tomorrow night (11/28) we're at the Bad Waitress.
• 2006.11.22: Blog props
• 2006.11.21: Intriguing proposal for the future of news
• 2006.11.17: Tune in tonight -- here or on the radio
• 2006.11.17: Yo: "In The Loop: Diplomacy begins at home"
• 2006.11.07: Diplomacy from the ground up
• 2006.11.03: Bacteria and social media
• 2006.11.03: Design our "diplomacy" Loop logo
• 2006.10.30: Show topic: Diplomacy! (and a Gather essay contest...)
• 2006.10.20: "Locally Grown" reviews the live "In The Loop"
• 2006.10.20: Listen Now! In The Loop: Voting and its Discontents
• 2006.10.05: "What if democracy was a company?" -- from Eric T.
• 2006.10.05: Next "Loop" on the way -- get your seats now!
• 2006.09.26: Check it out: The LoopCast
• 2006.09.22: The Loop: Crime hits home
• 2006.09.07: Crime Stories: Got One?
• 2006.08.22: Coming in September: A new Loop every month!

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