In The Loop with Jeff Horwich - Minnesota Public Radio
by Minnesota Public Radio · 25 episodes
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Interviews, humor, original music and more, from host Jeff Horwich and crew. Get "In The Loop" and help build the show. Produced by Minnesota Public Radio.
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The Last Show.
Featuring an interview with a South Pole blogger, a chat with the famous "Marc in Paris," podcasting wisdom from Sanden, a final song from Jeff, plus lots of Loop-love and a listen…
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46 min ↗
The Chilean Priest, the Stubborn Senator, and the Secret Shopper in the Back Pew
A talk with the creator of ChurchRater.com, Father Maurice Alvarado on the Chilean national character, Faron Williams with details of the revenge-fantasy also called the "Securitie…
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A Singing Tiger, a Dancing Frenchman, a Snowboarder and Bill Nye walk into a podcast...
You get a big ol' episode, featuring Olympic snowboard racer (and first Eskimo Olympian -- we think) Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, an attempt to interview people using ChatRoulette.com,…
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Learning to Live Without...
With Jeff out of town, Sanden and Anna take over the show to bring you stories of "living without ____." Listeners call in to talk about life without all sorts of things from glute…
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38 min ↗
Letters to Obama - Open-Source Moon Landing - Federal Budget Sing-Along
Forget Toyota -- How are our own Big 3 doing? Our space NewsNicher laments the (possible) end of the moon program, but Sanden explains how she might be able to go anyway. And the c…
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Gamechangers: Superbowl? iPad? SOTU? George Clooney?
Rob Crilly, on what we don't get about Darfur; Fausta on why to give a rip about Argentina's central bank; Superbowl ads go bye-bye?; iPad muziks; Comedian Mike Brody is our latest…
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Things to Love: Haitians, Term Limits, Fake Neil Young, and a Cube-less Life
The latest in our "Starving Artist" interviews, plus a physician's assistant in Haiti working without anesthetic, a woman who loves the "regal" Haitians, and what happens when 10 u…
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Mapping Haiti - 2010: "The Movie" - The woman who called the Conan thing
How to give for the Haiti quake, and how nerds around the world are mapping it; listener-written movie trailers for 2010; a slug/plant creature, in song; and so much more that list…
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How to: Vacation in Yemen, Interpret Tech Hype, and Quit Your Job (slowly)
ITL for Jan. 8, 2010. Interviews with MacWorld's Jason Snell, job-guru Alexandra Levit, and crazy traveler Mia Venster. Plus a song for the world's tallest building, Sanden helps y…
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The Year-End Interview with Super-Skeptic Steve Novella
Following a listener suggestion, we spend our last episode of the year with Dr. Steve Novella, host of Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, discussing the abundant psuedo-science of 20…
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The Economics, Psychology and Anthropology of Santa. (Plus Copenhagen. And Joe Lieberman.)
Features interviews with the authors "Scroogenomics' and "The Psychology of Santa." Sanden talks global Santa alternatives, from the creepy to the offensive to the scatological. Pl…
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In The Loop: Angry Climate Hookers - Revolutionary Frogs - A Santa Three-way
Also: Why "adaptation" should be on the COP15 agenda, and Sanden weighs in on the discovery (or not) of dark matter. It's In The Loop for Dec. 11, 2009
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In The Loop: How to Build a Nation, Wreck an Economy, and Get on a Reality Show
Plus an update on the fragile peace (and possibility of a military coup) in Sri Lanka, as well as perhaps the worst Ray Charles song ever recorded. It's ITL for Dec. 3, 2009
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Nigerians, Victoria's Secret models, and "Crestfallen Face": Tales of Online Dating
A format-breaker episode featuring nothing but stories from listeners about the highs and lows of dating Internet-style. In The Loop for November 27, 2009
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In The Loop: Cao Speaks - "The Farm Report" - Turkey Alternatives!
ITL for Nov. 20, 2009. After telling his story in song last week, we get our interview with Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao (R-LA), the lone GOP Congressman to vote in favor of health reform…
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In The Loop: Congressional Cowboy - App Store Rejects - Twittering Tight Ends
It's In The Loop Nov. 13, 2009. Featuring an interview with Minnesota Viking Visanthe Shiancoe, The Hill's Molly Hooper, Sanden Totten, and a new NewsTune.
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In The Loop: Tax Cheats, Secret Sources & My Guy Karzai
It's ITL for Nov. 6, 2009, featuring interviews with TaxGirl, the Christian Science Monitor's man in Afghanistan, and a Pulitzer Prize winner on the incipient federal Shield Law. P…
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In The Loop: CEO Perks - Burnin' Bunnies - Google Waves
Plus news from Pakistan and a human-fat-powered boat. It's In The Loop for October 23, 2009
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In The Loop: Gypsies, Jobless, and Global Cabals
It's a NewsNiche Spectacular. Well, "spectacular" might a little strong...But it's a nifty little diversion from our normal weekly fare. Enjoy! It's ITL for Oct. 15, 2009
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In The Loop: Soldiers are Green - Sinners are Red - Letterman's Blue
ITL for Oct. 9, 2009. Interviews on Iran, Afghanistan, and what it takes to map the U.S. for the Seven Deadly Sins. Plus a colorful Skribitcast, and Monty Python meets the Letterma…