Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker

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Adam Curtis: An Essay Writer Who Uses Television from Sep 23, 2013 Sep 23, 2013

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Adam Curtis [0:00:00]
Adam Curtis - "All watched over by machines of loving grace - Episodio 1: Love and power (Adam Curtis)" [ All watched over by machines of loving grace from mayo11 on Vimeo.] [0:18:14]
Adam Curtis - "This is a documentary series made by the BBC, and broadcasted between October 20th, 2004 to November 3rd, 2004. It is made up of three episodes." [Get it on Archive.org] [0:19:50]
Adam Curtis - "Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self" [ Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self from therebel.org on Vimeo.] [0:22:40]
Adam Curtis [“What am I?” Adam Curtis asks, on @WFMU. “I’m an essay writer who uses television.” #MAVAC— Park Avenue Armory (@ParkAveArmory) September 23, 2013
] [0:38:06]
Adam Curtis [“@RobertDelNaja and I sat down like two boys in a bedroom comparing records, and created a setlist for #MAVAC.” —Adam Curtis— Park Avenue Armory (@ParkAveArmory) September 23, 2013
] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52475

Sounds, Photos, and Jellyfish from Sep 16, 2013 Sep 17, 2013

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Barbara London - "Sound Art" [0:00:00]
Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin - "the holy bible" [0:18:34]
Nick Brandt - "Across The Ravaged Land" [0:32:43]
Lisa-ann Gershwin - "Stung! Jellyfish..." [0:44:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52382

Republic of Outsiders with Alissa Quart from Aug 26, 2013 Aug 26, 2013

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BW is back - "Thanks Andrea"
- "Republic of Outsiders with Alissa Quart" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52098

When Romances End: Andrea Silenzi Guest Hosts from Aug 19, 2013 Aug 19, 2013

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Andrea Silenzi [On the ending of this show]
Grandma Phyllis [On the ending of her relationship with Zilch]
Andrea and Matt [On how they'll maybe someday breakup, and how that should go down]
Grandma Phyllis [On the day her husband Sol died]
KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race [Oh, and this is one of the guys we started messaging:]
KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race
KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race
KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race
Laura Griffin, Laura Mayer and Andrea Silenzi [Our entry in the contest titled First Date, Last Night] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52003

The Date with Jim the Poet, Family Vacation: Andrea Silenzi Guest Hosts from Aug 12, 2013 Aug 19, 2013

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Jim the Poet - "Asks me out on live radio..."
Laura Mayer - ""That's how you build chemistry. You get it on the record.""
Jim the Poet - "Gets us hot dogs at Rudy's"
Jim the Poet - "Tells me why he became a poet" [Jim]
Jim the Poet - "On why men fake orgasms"
Jim the Poet - "Should you give everyone a chance?" [Jim]
Family Vacation - "As heard on TMI in 2010" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51902

The Art of the Pickup: Andrea Silenzi Guest Hosts from Jul 29, 2013 Aug 05, 2013

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Beex - "Beat, Beat" [Free Music Archive]
Grandma Phyllis - "Advice for meeting people: Be yourself, though she cautions, "I still don't know who I am. I know who I'm trying to be!""
Laura Mayer - "Advice for meeting people: go to a bar that's exactly 307 paces from your mouse-infested apartment." [Follow Laura on Twitter.]
Podington Bear - "By Grace" [Free Music Archive]
Apes of God - "Advice for meeting girls: go to a paint store." [via Music for Maniacs]
Dr. Robert Glover - "Advice for meeting women: tell them to do something for you" [Dr. Glover, author of No More Mr. Nice Guy& WFMU's Brett W. Thompson]
Andrea Silenzi + Anonymous Ex Roommate - "Advice for meeting people: make sure they won't steal your laptop and sea salt shaker" [RIP Sea Salt Shaker]
Riz Ortolani - "Cannibal Holocaust Theme" [Thank you for listening! Join me as I guest host for the next 3 weeks. Let me know if you have any stories for the show about love, dating or technology by sending a note to andrea at free music archive dot org.] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51709

Ethan Zuckerman on "Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection" from Jul 22, 2013 Jul 22, 2013

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Ethan Zuckerman [Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51610

Conversations about Photography with Fred Ritchin & Ivan Sigal from Jul 1, 2013 Jul 22, 2013

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Fred Ritchin [Bending the Frame] [0:00:00]
Ivan Sigal [White Road] [0:29:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51321

The Act of Killing / Crime (The Animated Version) from Jul 8, 2013 Jul 22, 2013

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Joshua Oppenheimer [Joshua Oppenheimer on the The Act of Killing]
"The Act of Killing"
Alix Lambert [Alix Lambert on Crime: The Animated Series]
Crime: The Animated Series https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51411

Cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt, Writer Tim Kreider from Jun 24, 2013 Jun 25, 2013

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Lisa Hanawalt [Author of "My Dirty Dumb Eyes"]
Tim Kreider [NYT Contributor, Author of "We Learn Nothing."] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51222

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