Nov 28th, 2008 · As part of StoryCorps' National Day of Listening project, Susan Stamberg and Noah Adams talk about how radio has changed them and the art of listening. The project encourages people to sit down with a loved one on Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving, and record a meaningful conversation.
May 16th, 2008 · For Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, Barack Obama's youth and relatively short resume is a plus. That's the premise of a feature article by Joshua Green, author of an article in The Atlantic titled "The Amazing Money Machine: How Silicon Valley Made Barack Obama This Year's Hottest Start-Up," Green describes to Noah Adams how Obama's campaign was able to break all records for online fundraising.
May 16th, 2008 · Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, 21, is eligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics, an international sports arbitration panel has ruled. Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee as an infant; he runs competitively on legs made of carbon fiber. Noah Adams talks to Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis.
May 16th, 2008 · President Bush doesn't play as much golf as he used to. In an interview with Politico this week, Mr. Bush said he gave up the game because of the war in Iraq. The president said he didn't want families of dead soldiers to see him enjoying himself on the links. Noah Adams talks with Don Van Natta of The New York Times, author of First Off the Tee, a book about the history of golf and the presidency.
Apr 5th, 2008 · Media people get lots of stuff from companies seeking publicity. Much goes unread, tossed or deleted. NPR's Noah Adams got a box containing a 6-pack of Budweiser bottles. The beer company was seeking a story on the repeal of prohibition. Budweiser got its wish, but the beer wasn't the hook.
Mar 21st, 2008 · Washington, D.C.'s famed cherry trees are set to reach their peak at the end of this month. Thirty years ago you had to wait till April 5 for cherry blossoms. While spring officially begins on March 20, scientists say we're seeing the signs of spring earlier and earlier -- an average of eight hours earlier each year. Scientist Kirsten DeBeurs with Noah Adams.
Mar 21st, 2008 · After a busy week at the Federal Reserve -- assisting with JPMorgan Chase's takeover of Bear Stearns and allowing big investment houses to get emergency loans directly from the central bank -- how does the Fed chief rate? Yale economist Robert James Shiller, Smith Moore analyst Juli Niemann with Noah Adams.
Mar 21st, 2008 · The art of covering sports has changed as much as, if not more than, the sports themselves. Today, writers don't need a press pass to sound off on their favorite teams. Stefan Fatsis, who covers sports and the business of sports for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Noah Adams about sports blogs.