Former Senator Santorum Comes to Oklahoma

The Republican presidential candidate is greeted by raucous and enthusiastic crowds in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Why A High Unemployment Rate Might Help Some Jobless

Unemployment benefits are tied to the overall unemployment rate, leaving some improbably hoping for a high rate so they don’t lose the financial help.

Earthquake Drill Puts OK Students Under Desks

More than two million people in the central part of the US hit the ground Tuesday in a region wide earthquake drill.

The Governor’s State of the State

Governor Fallin gives her State of the State Address followed by a response from House Democratic Leader Scott Inman of Del City.

Reaction to Gov’s Call for Income Tax Cuts

The Governor’s call to eliminate a billion dollars in income tax revenue is getting mixed reaction at the state capitol.

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Pollock’s Legend Still Splattered On Art World

Even a century since his birth, American “splatter artist” Jackson Pollock still provokes heated debate about the very definition of art. Was a man who placed a canvas on the floor and dripped paint straight from the can actually creating a work of art? “It’s very hard if you try to build the paint up [...]

Fresh Air Weekend: Glocks, David Milch, The Smiths

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week: How The Glock Became America’s Weapon Of Choice: In his book Glock: [...]

Newbery Medal Winner Jack Gantos Plays Not My Job

On Monday, Jack Gantos won the Newbery Medal, the highest award in children’s literature, for his novel Dead End in Norvelt. He’s also written the Rotten Ralph series for kids, several novels … oh, and a memoir about the 18 months he spent in a federal penitentiary on drug-smuggling charges. (We don’t know if that [...]

‘Star’-Crossed: When Teens With Cancer Fall In Love

You wouldn’t necessarily think of a cancer support group as a place where teens meet and fall in love — but that’s exactly what happens to Hazel and Augustus, the young protagonists in The Fault in Our Stars, the latest from author John Green. Hazel is 16 — she has thyroid cancer with a “satellite” [...]

‘How It All Began’: A Lively Ode To Happenstance

British writer Penelope Lively was in her late 30s before she began her career writing children’s books. Now, four decades and 20 works of fiction later, she has just released the novel How It All Began, in which she explores the capricious role that chance plays in our lives. Lively’s lifetime habit of storytelling began [...]

‘Smash’ Stars An ‘Interesting Tribe’: Theater People

NBC’s new drama, Smash, plumbs the drama behind the curtain. The series is the story of a Broadway musical — from the first idea, to auditions, rehearsals and the big premiere. Theresa Rebeck is the show’s creator and executive producer. She’s also a screenwriter, playwright and a Broadway veteran — with a hit play “Seminar,” [...]

Newspoet: Tracy K. Smith Writes The Day In Verse

Today marks the start of an exciting project at All Things Considered. Each month we’ll be bringing in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end — to compose a poem reflecting on the day’s news. The first poet to participate is Tracy K. Smith. She has received degrees in [...]

Movie Titles That Might Have Been

Shrek, Hitch, Gattaca: What’s in a name? Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet — but for Hollywood the question is more like, “Would that rose, by any other name, sell as many tickets?” On a trip to Latin America recently, I saw a theater poster for a musical direct [...]

In ‘Shoot My Man,’ Mosley Tells Tale Of Atonement

In All I Did Was Shoot My Man, author Walter Mosley takes readers back into the world of private investigator Leonid McGill. The novel is Mosley’s fourth thriller featuring the New York City PI, and this time, he’s wrapped up with the case of a woman named Zella Grisham. Grisham has just served eight years [...]

Farewell To An Unlikely Hero: Why ‘Chuck’ Packed Such A Potent Punch

Tonight’s double episode marks the end of Chuck, NBC’s genial spy-nerd comedy that has existed on a perpetual cancellation bubble since its debut in 2007. Against overwhelming odds and in spite of eternally low ratings, Chuck’s life and death speaks in surprisingly potent ways to how television is changing. More than anything, Chuck is a [...]

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