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Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, The Rivals
Are the media turning our elections into freak shows? Alexandra Pelosi and Matt Taibbi offer some insight on the real story behind the red state-blue state drama. Then, Johnette Howard considers the unique rivalry and friendship between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Frank Deford revisits baseball in the 1900s with The Old Ball Game. And Steven Levitt uses economics to answer unconventional questions about everyday life in Freakonomics.
Political Spectacles
We’ll look back into the role the media played in the 2004 presidential election with Matt Taibbi, author of Spanking the Donkey, and Alexandra Pelosi, author of Sneaking into the Flying Circus.
Music: Jump Start and Jazz: Two Ballets by Wynton Marsalis. Cut #6 (Sony Classical)
Music: Jump Start and Jazz: Two Ballets by Wynton Marsalis. Cut #6 (Sony Classical)
The Rivals
Johnette Howard, a sports columnist for Newsday and a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, looks at how the public rivalry and personal friendship between two seemingly dissimilar athletes—Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova—helped define and popularize women’s tennis in The Rivals.
The Old Ballgame
Frank Deford, an NPR Morning Edition weekly sports commentator, brings to life the earliest days of baseball with a look at two of the biggest players of the 1900s. His new book is titled The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern ...
Freakonomics
The Wall Street Journal has said that if Indiana Jones were an economist, he'd be Steven Levitt. The self-described "rogue" economist speculates on how everyday life is affected by money matters—from what kind of impact Roe v. Wade had on violent crime, to why many drug dealers still live with ...
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