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Too Much Information is the sober hangover after the digital party has run out of memes, apps and schemes. Host Benjamen Walker finds out that, in a world where everyone overshares the truth 140 characters at a time, telling tales might be the most honest thing to do.
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Benjamen Walker - "Interview with Susan Mcgregor" [0:00:00]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55711
last show! [0:00:00]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/53336
Out Of Office [Programmer David Heinemeier Hansson tells us about his Out Of Office experience, David is a partner at 37signals and a co-author (with Jason Fried) of REMOTE: Office Not Required. We also meet Ignacio Uriarte, he left his cubicle for a career in Office Art. And Ravenna Koenig, TOE’s newest correspondent, explains the difference between Facebook-Work & Work-Work.]
"Chris" [D.C. correspondent ”Chris” who tells us about the NSA’s desire to install backdoors in Podcasts]
Waiting in Line [About a year ago I travelled across America for the BBC. I visited Airports, Amusement parks, Highways and Community Colleges in order to understand how the priority queue is changing the American experience of waiting in line. A version of this piece aired on the BBC World Service, part of their “Real America” series produced in conjunction with PRX.]
Admissions of Defeat [Peter Choyce is one of my oldest friends and a listener favorite, but he has a secret we’ve never addressed until now.]
Benjamen Walker [More about these stories on Soundcloud]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/53241
Jehane Noujaim - "The Square" [0:00:00]
Laurie Jo Reynolds - "Tamms year 10" [0:10:11]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52950
Beex - "Beat Beat" [Get it on the Free Music Archive]
Grandma Phyllis [She met my Grandpa Sol on Classifieds2000.com in 1998. This is what she looks like:]
Podington Bear - "Wind Up Toy" [Get it on the Free Music Archive]
Chiara Atik [She's the author of Modern Dating: A Field Guide from the Experts at HowAboutWe. This is what she looks like:]
Jim the Poet [He called in to ask me on a date, which will be the subject of next week's show. This what he looks like:]
Riz Ortolani - "Cannibal Holocaust Theme" [Thank you for listening! Join me as I guest host for the next 2 weeks. Let me know if you have any stories for the show about love, dating or technology by sending a note to andrea at freemusicarchive.org or tweeting @andreasilenzi]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51799
Peter Maass - "Surveillance" [0:00:00]
Starlee Kine - "Native Advertising" [0:27:11]
Starlee Kine - "Dr. Phil" [0:36:35]
Jonathan Goldstein - "Why Travel: A journey to Bali" [0:48:12]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52756
Jia Zhangke - "Touch of Sin" [0:00:00]
Alexis Ohanian - "Without their permission" [0:15:55]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52665
Balthus: Cats & Girls
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
Short Films at NYFF
Fighting for Life by S. Josephine Baker, Introduction by Helen Epstein
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52570
The Happy Atheist ["The Happy Atheist" by PZ Myers]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52286
Thomas Doherty [Hollywood and Hitler] [0:00:00]
Hollywood and Hitler [Film Clip #1] [0:06:38]
Hollywood and Hitler [
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Hollywood and Hitler [
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https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51515
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
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
BW is back - "Thanks Andrea"
- "Republic of Outsiders with Alissa Quart"
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52098
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
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
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 [Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51610
Fred Ritchin [Bending the Frame] [0:00:00]
Ivan Sigal [White Road] [0:29:09]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/51321
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
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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Very interesting until I heard the guy talking about his classes on how to pick up women lol..How sad can you get? Seriously don't get why that is so difficult, especially in a big city...