Kristen Meinzer appears in the following:
Navigating Portland's Food Culture with Nine-Year-Olds
Friday, April 12, 2013
We’re in Portland this week, and there’s a lot to love in this town when it comes to food: food trucks, farmers markets, artisanal cheese, artisanal everything. It's hard to know where to begin. After all, who's a food snob, and who's a food lover? Enter Leo and Soren Westrey, the nine-year-old food bloggers behind kidchowpdx.com.
New Movie Releases: "The Place Beyond the Pines" and "42"
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Takeaway's Movie Date team, Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman, review this week's major releases. On the roster this week:“42,” which celebrates Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball; and “The Place Beyond the Pines,” a family and crime epic starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, and Bradley Cooper.
Jackie Robinson, and the End of Negro League Baseball
Friday, April 12, 2013
The new movie “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson, and the integration of Major League Baseball. But it opens with the Negro League, in which Jackie Robinson and other talented black baseball players were relegated to compete. What was it like to play in the Negro League? And how was Jackie Robinson’s acceptance into MLB also the beginning of the end for the Negro League?
The End of Television on the Television
Thursday, April 11, 2013
"Game of Thrones" has set an illegal download record, and HBO seems OK with it. Aero is letting subscribers watch live television on their computers, much to the chagrin of the networks. And the highly anticipated come-back season of "Arrested Development" will launch next month, not on television, but via Netflix. Is the era of TV over with?
David Cross on 'Arrested Development' and 'It's a Disaster'
Thursday, April 11, 2013
David Cross shares his thoughts on the rise and fall and rise again of "Arrested Development" (returning via Netflix on May 26), the end of the world as depicted in "It's a Disaster" (in theatres April 13), and his ideas of what makes for the best sort of elephant in the room.
Welcome to the Solar Capitol of the Universe
Thursday, April 11, 2013
If you were the mayor of a small city, what would you aspire to? Better road work? More efficient waste disposal? What about something bigger? How about making your town the "solar energy capital of the universe"?
Bill Ackman: The Life and Times of the Activist Investor
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
If you follow the stock market or the business news, you’ve seen two companies dominating the headlines this week: Herbalife and J.C. Penny. And while it might seem that these two companies have nothing in common, they are, in fact, connected by one thing; or more accurately, by one man.
Movie Date: 'Evil Dead,' 'Jurassic Park 3D,' 'No Place on Earth'
Friday, April 05, 2013
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen look at three very different stories of survival, one of which is a reboot ("Jurassic Park 3D"), one of which is a remake ("Evil Dead"), and one of which is a serious documentary ("No Place on Earth").
New Movie Releases: 'Evil Dead,' 'Jurassic Park 3D' and 'No Place on Earth'
Friday, April 05, 2013
The Takeaway's Movie Date team, Kristen Meinzer, Takeaway culture producer, and Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, review this week's major releases and discuss the legacy of film critic Roger Ebert.
Roger Ebert: Legacy of a Film Legend
Friday, April 05, 2013
For 45 years, Roger Ebert was a critical tour de force. As film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, as half of the review dreamteam, Siskel and Ebert and the Movies, and, in his later life, as a prolific blogger, Ebert reached generations of film-goers even after he lost the ability to speak.
A Priest Takes a Stand on Sexism, and is Expelled by the Church
Friday, April 05, 2013
For hundreds of years, the Catholic Church’s policy has been to ordain men — and never women — as priests. Some call it tradition, but as Father Roy Bourgeois sees it, it’s plain and simple sexism.
Entrepreneurship in the Developing World
Friday, April 05, 2013
Most indexes that measure business environments around the world rate places like the United States, Singapore, and Japan, very highly. But in fact, we fall dramatically behind places like sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, China, and Brazil when it comes to entrepreneurship. How do developing countries foster entrepreneurship in a way that the first world doesn’t?
Have Scientists Finally Found Dark Matter?
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Dark matter makes up more than 80 percent of the matter in the universe. But up until now, it’s eluded scientists. Yesterday, however, NASA announced a possible breakthrough. A particle detector mounted on the International Space Station may have detected dark matter. Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains.
Is This Plagiarism?
Thursday, April 04, 2013
From a very young age, we’re told to be honest, to tell the truth, and not to cheat. In most cases, we know when we’re breaking those rules. But in others, it’s not always so clear. Take, for example, journalism in the digital age.
A Gun Manufacturer's Take on Tougher Gun Laws
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
On Monday, lawmakers in Connecticut announced plans to overhaul the state's gun laws. Several gun manufacturers have their homes in Connecticut. If the new proposed gun legislation passes, how will it affect their businesses?
Inventing a Job: Advice from a Doer to a Dreamer
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Takeaway listeners told us the jobs they’d invent if they could. We talk with one whose dream involves toilets, and with another who might be able to help her to turn her toilet dreams into reality.
Responses: What Job Would You Invent For Yourself?
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
More and more trailblazers and education experts are saying that the future of work will rely on entrepreneurship, rather than old-fashioned employment. Rather than applying for jobs, we’ll be making up our own jobs. So if you could invent your own job out of thin air, what would it be?
Applying for Jobs? Try Inventing a Job Instead
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently wrote a piece highlighting the spirit of innovation that future generations will need to "find" jobs. But what will these jobs look like? And how can an average person create these jobs for themselves?
Movie Date: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' and 'The Host'
Sunday, March 31, 2013
This week's Movie Date podcast explores the complexities of "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," the cultural implications of "The Host," the role of geometry in romantic entanglements, and the race of ninjas in ancient Japan. Along the way, Rafer and Kristen ask: What the hell is going on at this moment on screen? Is that a good guy or bad guy? And can I make out during this film?
The Genetic Information You Didn't Ask For
Monday, March 25, 2013
Is it a doctor’s responsibility to tell you if a disease is written on your genetic code? And if so, do you really want him or her to tell you? Thanks to new guidelines by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, this may soon be a reality for many Americans. Last week, the national organization – made up of genetics specialists – published a report urging doctors who sequence a patient’s full set of genes to also test them 24 genetic conditions, and alert the patient, regardless of the patient’s wishes to know or not.