On today's podcast — travel bargains in a weak economy, a conversation with Rose Styron, the poetry and satire of Calvin Trillin, and an answer to the question, 'what is the word of the year?'
Audio|Wed, 26 Nov 2008|More from PRI: Here and Now Podcast
|Meryl Streepfound at8:31, 18:09
“…so -- choice who was made into an Oscar nominees film starring Meryl Streep. . With -- exquisitely. Unbearable. Ending. This woman who whose story is you almost can't read it you almost couldn't see on the …”
“…Again Els who were closest to him Mia Farrow and Connecticut and Meryl Streep and tennis brand Holland Lucy hackney and Betty rover launch and clear like all of these. People who he loved in. …”
WBZ's Ellen Sherman chats with movie Irv about the greatest films of all time starring women.
Audio|Sun, 2 Nov 2008|More from WBZ Women's Watch
|Meryl Streepfound at8:00
“…I'm thinking of Meryl Streep which -- say she's the greatest actress of all time line of all time but modern time and what did you think …”
Darlene Quinn knows a whole lot about the retail industry and department stores. She's written a tantalizing novel about personalities, scandal, buyouts and a ton of behind the scenes action in the industry.
Audio|Sat, 20 Sep 2008|More from WBZ's Jordan Rich and Friends
|Meryl Streepfound at2:11
“…In your book may appear to be over the top I'll love Meryl Streep then the devil wears Prada but obviously there are people who are very high strung and people who are very domineering in …”
With nine rivers at or above historic flood levels, dozens of bridges destroyed, and thousands evacuated, the Governor of Iowa has declared 83 of the state's 99 counties disaster areas. We'll get an update from Josh Hinckle, anchor and reporter for KCRG TV 9, the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Maurice Sendak, the writer and illustrator of such children's classics as "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," looks back on his life in art and reflects on turning 80 this week. A major exhibit of his work is now open at the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia. A new report finds that at many workplaces across the nation parental leave time is on the decline. Today, only sixteen percent of employers offer fully paid leave for parents, that's down thirty percent from just ten years ago. Our guest is Sue Shellenberger who wrote about the report's findings in one of her recent columns for the Wall Street Journal. Listener comments on some of our recent stories storie
Audio|Fri, 13 Jun 2008|More from WBUR: Here and Now Podcast
|Meryl Streepfound at10:31
“…in America there's that scene we three recognize. And it Tony Kushner Meryl Streep and you. …”
Starring: Meryl Streep , Pierce Brosnan and Amanda Seyfried. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
Video|Tue, 6 May 2008|More from bos
This week, Senators McCain, Obama and Clinton mapped out their plans to shore up the faltering economy -- what does each say about foreclosures and the Bear Stearns bailout? We speak with David Leonhardt of the New York Times. We also speak with Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist for Global Insight. We preview tomorrow's presidential elections in Zimbabwe with Xan Smiley, Middle East and Africa Editor for The Economist Magazine. The lights will be turned off tomorrow night between 8-9pm in more than 35 US cities including the flagship cities of Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. It's all part of "Earth Hour," a campaign organized by the conservation group, The World Wildlife Fund. Dramatic films about the war in Iraq have fared poorly at the box office. Is it that audiences don't want to see Iraq at at the movies, or is it the quality of the films themselves? We talk to Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr.
Audio|Fri, 28 Mar 2008|More from WBUR: Here and Now Podcast
|Meryl Streepfound at38:26
“…we can dangle we built this country. So that's Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep in a scene from the lions for lambs which flopped at the box office another movie tie that didn't do well written …”
Boston Globe film critics Ty Burr and Wesley Morris unravel "Lions for Lambs," the war-themed drama starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise.
Video|Sat, 10 Nov 2007|More from Boston.com - All Lineups
Boston Globe film critics Ty Burr and Wesley Morris unravel "Lions for Lambs," the war-themed drama starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise.
Video|Fri, 9 Nov 2007|More from Boston.com - All Lineups
President Bush visits New Orleans on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We talk to a reporter about the president's remarks, and about the general mood in New Orleans. We also turn to a community activist taking part in the protests against the president's visit. "The internet will affect civilization as profoundly as the invention of printing" is how scholar and web innovator Peter Magnusson described the WorldWideWeb a decade ago. So, has it? We pose that question to Ethan Zuckerman, a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Israel has decided to bar non-Jewish refugees from entering the country, after it turned back about 50 Africans recently, many from Darfur. We'll check in on that story with Ilene Prusher, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for The Christian Science Monitor. Then we'll have a conversation about the situation for young people in Darfur, with a Massachusetts teenager who's just returned from visiting the troubl
Audio|Wed, 29 Aug 2007|More from WBUR: Here and Now
|Meryl Streepfound at32:12
“…I remember the scene Meryl Streep was in front of Amir Olympic it is trying to pick -- that as the US -- and it's it's. That scene …”
Meet Tina Packer, most often the creative director at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox. These days she has take a star turn portraying the legendary Egyptian queen in "Antony and Cleopatra."
Audio|Wed, 15 Aug 2007|More from WBZ's Jordan Rich and Friends
|Meryl Streepfound at2:19
“…funny by vicious and beautiful lady. Who along with Tina packer and Meryl Streep and many others is proving that -- one does not have to be 22 and and and on some kind of special …”