In 1997, a young British nanny charged with murder brought shaken baby syndrome into the national spotlight, and raised a scientific debate that continues to shape child abuse cases today. (Source: The New York Times’ Retro Report)
‘DUST RADIO’: Will the Documentary about Chris Whitley Ever See the Light of Day?
By Gregory Crofton A documentary about Chris Whitley, an artist who combined poetry with blues and scored a hit album with his first record “Living With the Law” in 1991, is still a work in progress apparently. Jon Mayor is…
The Bombing of West Philly
THE BOMBING In 1981, MOVE, a black civil rights group, relocated to a row house at 6221 Osage Avenue in the Cobbs Creek area of West Philadelphia. After the move, neighbors complained for years that MOVE members were broadcasting political…
Roger Ebert on Ego
This episode contains excerpts of Lawrence Grobel’s extended interviews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in 1990. The famous duo worked side-by-side from 1975 until Siskel’s death in 1999, co-hosting the acclaimed, nationally syndicated show Siskel & Ebert. They remained…
Meet the Bros of Fracking
VICE heads to North Dakota fracking territory to meet the new generation of young and wealthy directional drillers who are taking part in the politically loaded and controversial method of obtaining oil. (Source: VICE)
BitTorrent Opens Up About Piracy
Matt Mason, Eric Klinker, and Bram Cohen of BitTorrent open up about piracy and what it actually means for the smaller artists out there.