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Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
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Robert Jevne shares "Oh Christmas Tree," a lighthearted poem from the perspective of the Christmas tree itself. Through Jevne's poem, the sheer mor...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
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Aaron Sorkin's newest effort, "Drive Thru"; a Manhattan trophy wife escapes from her case; your first summer job... and more!

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 24:38
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The kids are in a frenzy for Mr. Money, a new television series starring the Koch brothers promises to deliver the laughs, the Catholic Church has ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:26
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Minneapolis and New Orleans may be an entire country apart, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the feasts of Mardi Gras in our own way. Cul...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
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Episode #12 includes: Mitt Romney’s privacy/tax return policy & his economic advisors, Iran’s nuclear compromise, the NRA, David Koch, A New Bible,...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:53
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This is one of the most contested...nastiest...weirdest primary seasons ever. This program attempts to look beyond who is winning...to what the can...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 55:39
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A "newsical" overview of the news media craze for stories about animals, our own personal relationships with animals and my own experience as a per...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 56:21
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Is it serenity or torture? Superior or inferior to having Mexican food delivered to your door? Can the Bear Danger Quotient be accurately predict...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 16:38
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Everybody is suffering in the continuing recession -- including our politicians in Washington. Tannen Weekly investigators discover a major drop i...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:45
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In Pursuit of My Living Forever

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
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When we pick presidential candidates, why do we always let sex scandals get in the way? Time for the electorate to grow up and judge our politicia...

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  • Length: 01:31
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Just because the world didn't end last week doesn't mean that predictions of our demise will stop. After all, the end has been near for over 4,000...

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
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"LET'S HELP AMERICA FIND A NEW ENEMY!" With Osama Bin Laden out of the picture, and a couple of wars winding down, can the American economy surviv...

  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:57
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"WHICH TEA PARTY HOPEFUL SAID WHAT?" Take this exciting, new Tannen Weekly quiz -- just match the quote with the Tea Party candidate who said it! ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:38
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"GOV. SCOTT FIRES THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA" Can an ex-CEO figure out how to run the 4th largest state in the union? Here's the latest episode -- a po...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:40
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Witches in Romania are now liable to pay 16% income tax -- plus a fine or imprisonment if their predictions don't come true! It's a whole new appr...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Would you like to get paid to pray? It's happening in one country already -- so why not here? (And praying could be just the start!) Another irre...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:39
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"NABBED BY A PETUNIA!" Is there really any way to protect us against terrorism? Would you believe me if I told you that Homeland Security is actu...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:51
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Companies have figured out a clever way to make lots more money in a tight economy: have their customers do the work! It happens to all of us ever...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
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I just found out that some of the appliances in my home actually talk to each other. Seriously...even when I'm not there. And it probably happens ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 02:33
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Reading levels are falling all over the country -- but particularly, it seems, in Washington. Here's a great initiative from the Tannen Weekly!

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Americans are always busy, busy busy. And we constantly complain that we never have enough time for anything. Well, here's a new way to enjoy all ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:48