Jake Warga

Jake Warga appears in the following:

Facebook Complaints Are A New Kind Of 911 Call In The Platform's Hometown

Sunday, April 01, 2018

From hacking to questionable ads to tech support, Menlo Park police dispatchers get calls about Facebook from all around the world.

Comment

Getting The News To West African Youth, Through Hip-Hop

Sunday, February 01, 2015

In Dakar, Senegal, two rappers going by the names Keyti and Xuman offer a summary of the week's news in hip-hop format. This story originally aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 15, 2015.

Comment

Rapping The News In West Africa

Thursday, January 15, 2015

In Dakar, Senegal, two rappers going by the names Keyti and Xuman offer a summary of the week's news in hip-hop format. Journal Rappé is a short TV show distributed on YouTube with a ...

Comment

Steampunk: Victoriana Remixed

Friday, October 05, 2012

Steampunk — a term that once referred to a few science-fiction authors — has become into one of today’s most influential design styles.  From a handful of hobbyists encasing their iP...

Comments [5]

Poetry Bus

Friday, December 08, 2006

Rock and roll bands go on tour all the time, and long hours on the tour bus are part of the job. So why can't a bunch of poets go on tour? The Poetry Bus steals a page from rock music's playbook by taking poetry on the road. The bus ...

Comment

Disney & Death

Saturday, May 28, 2005

For many children, Disney movies are their first introduction to death, from Bambi’s mother to Old Yeller. Jake Warga remembers the shots heard throughout his childhood and how Disney taught him that dealing with death is part of being an adult.

Comments [1]

Picture Postcards

Saturday, May 21, 2005

Before the airplane, trips abroad were big undertakings, and if you went overseas you'd want evidence that you were really there. So you sent a postcard. And for some odd reason, we still do. Jake Warga explains how the little souvenirs once had big consequences.

Comment

Disney & Death

Saturday, November 20, 2004

For many children, Disney movies are their first introduction to death, from Bambi’s mother to Old Yeller. Jake Warga remembers the shots heard throughout his childhood.

Comment

Let the People Decide

Saturday, July 03, 2004

With the success of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s governorship in California, we may be increasingly comfortable choosing our leaders from the ranks of pop culture and entertainment. At the same time museum curators and television producers are letting us vote to guide things they used to do on their own. Jake Warga ...

Comment

Let the People Decide

Saturday, November 08, 2003

With Arnold Schwarzennegger's election, we may be increasingly comfortable choosing our leaders from the ranks of pop culture and entertainment. At the same time museum curators and television producers are letting us vote to guide things they used to do on their own. Jake Warga looks at the merging ...

Comment

Cats, Dogs and...Pizza

Sunday, December 15, 2002

It's all about pizza. And cats. And dogs. Really.


What's the Next Big Thing?

Host Dean Olsher heads to Bedford Stuyvesant, locale of Sal's Pizza in Spike Lee's movie "Do the Right Thing," to ask the question, "What's the next big ...

Comment