Dec 20th, 2009 · On this day, the Sunday before Christmas, when shoppers are in overdrive, there's an intriguing experiment going on: Joshua Glenn and his collaborators are trying to see if they can take junk — say, an ugly, plastic Russian doll with a big cloth mustache — and turn it into something valuable by simply adding a back story. And it seems to be working. They hired a writer named Doug Dorst to come up with a story for that little $3 doll — and they put it up on eBay. The winning bid? $193. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has the story.
Keywords: Russia · Writer · Christmas · clothes · dolls · plastic · collaboration · mustache · Shoppers · eBay · ugly · Overdrive
Dec 6th, 2009 · Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report.
Keywords: children · obesity · DNA · childhood · obese · Overdrive
Feb 3rd, 2009 · Liz Claiborne and Macy's are two of the latest companies to announce layoffs. The employees who remain at companies after staff cuts don't exactly have it easy. They will likely face a heavier work load and a rumor mill in overdrive.
Keywords: companies · Survivors · layoffs · employees · Macy · heavier · Liz Claiborne · Overdrive
Jun 8th, 2008 · Both Democrat Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain are lying low before putting their presidential campaigns into overdrive for the November election. The entire House of Representatives is also up for election, but the campaigns have been much less publicized. NPR's Andrea Seabrook talks with Congressman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) about how Obama and McCain can help their parties secure Congressional seats in the fall. Seabrook also talks with NPR Senior Political Editor Ron Elving for analysis.
Keywords: presidential · parties · congressional · public · campaign · Andrea Seabrook · House of Representatives · McCain · John McCain · Okla · Md · Republican Sen
May 2nd, 2008 · A series of avalanches in April cut off the Alaskan capital from its source of cheap hydropower. The cost of electricity has quadrupled as a result. Juneau has been forced to cut its power consumption by nearly a third in one week. John Ryan of member station KTOO reports.
Keywords: capital · Conservation · electricity · Alaskan · KTOO · avalanche · John Ryan · Overdrive · hydropower · Juneau · au consumption
Feb 11th, 2008 · Bill Prady, show runner for CBS's The Big Bang Theory, is returning to work. He is concerned about his crew, he says, and prepared for an intensive few weeks of production.
Keywords: products · Writer · runner · CBS · Overdrive · Bill Prady · The Big Bang Theory
Nov 19th, 2007 · Cleveland's Machine Go Boom pounds out high-energy, upbeat pop. Led by singer and guitarist Mikey Machine, the band delivers youthful power pop energy with guitars on overdrive and hyperactive percussion.
Keywords: energy · machine · Upbeat · Singer · youth · guitarist · guitar · gorillas · Cleveland’s · percussive · lb · hyperactive
May 2nd, 2007 · It's not exactly "live," and to modern ears, its tightly scripted songs likely won't seem terribly "dangerous." Yet Live and Dangerous, a 1978 double album, is the best existing document of the under-appreciated Irish hard-rock band Thin Lizzy.
Keywords: Irish · dangerous · modern · songs · album · 1978 · Appreciating · Overdrive · Debatably · Thin Lizzy
