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John Hodgman and the Media Geeks

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John Hodgman, writer, actor, comedian, and self-professed nerd, talks about his address at the Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner, and the state of news media today.

Memories of camp

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Meet the Eels

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Danny Hoch on ‘The Sound of Young America’

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Ira Glass on “The Sound of Young America”

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An interview with Ze Frank

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Internet super-celebrity Ze Frank’s year-long daily video blog project, The Show, was one of the first great successes of the video blog world.

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