| Date: | 1995-05-13 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Afterlife Diet |
| Description: | Scott Simon talks with Daniel Pinkwater, a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and author of 'The Afterlife Diet' published by Random House, a novel in which Mr. Pinkwater 'takes a light view of the world of the heavy.' 14:00 |
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| Book link: | The Afterlife Diet (Xlibris) |
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| Date: | 1996-01-01 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Jacques in Print |
| Description: | The dog who lives in the home of commentator Daniel Pinkwater has been getting some ink recently -- it started with a piece he wrote for the New York Times Book Review, then continued in the pages of 'Smithsonian' magazine. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-02-26 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Bagels in China |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater is paging through National Geographic and comes across a picture of a remote Chinese village that has bagel s. And bagels that he says look pretty good. He mourns that fact that you can get good bagels in China, but not where he lives just a hundred miles north of New York City. He is stuck with the frozen erzatz kind. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-03-19 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Iceland |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater went to Iceland a long time ago and remembers that it wasn't very good. (4:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-04-10 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Jacques |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater's dog Jacques poses with the skill of a professional model for a magazine photographer. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-04-13 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Art of Writing for Children |
| Description: | Scott talks with All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater about the art of writing for children. He'll discuss a new book translated from Russian. (10:00) |
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| Book link: | First, Second (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) |
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| Date: | 1996-04-17 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Fan Mail |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater's blood is boiling because the publisher of his kids books has saved up his mail and sent it on to him after months of seeing it pile up. Pinkwater feels terrible for the kids who have probably been wondering why they haven't heard back yet. (2:45) |
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| Date: | 1996-05-02 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Never Fail Diet |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has decided to reduce and offers his own special 3-part diet. Keyword: Ratatouille. (3:02) |
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| Date: | 1996-05-07 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Cigars |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has noticed there is an enormous craze for cigars these days. A cigar culture has emerged to accompany the fad, which can be explored in cigar magazines like, 'Cigar Afficianado.'(6:30) |
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| Date: | 1996-05-18 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Books about Science |
| Description: | All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater discusses two children's books about science. (9:15) |
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| Book link: | Archibald Frisby (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) |
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| Date: | 1996-05-18 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Books about Science |
| Description: | All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater discusses two children's books about science. (9:15) |
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| Book link: | The Weather Sky (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) |
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| Date: | 1996-05-31 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Not So Fat |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about the success of his new weight loss program-- but explains that he hates thinking of his new healthy eating habits as a diet. He began losing weight he explains- for surgery. (4:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-06-05 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Jill the Illustrator |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about his wife, who recently offered to illustrate one of his children's stories. He talks about her skill, and how he's getting used to the idea of how good she really is at the work. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-06-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater about the children's books that are now spin-offs of the new Disney movie 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' (10:15) |
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| Date: | 1996-07-17 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Clams |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater has this ode to the clam...the ones you eat. Breaded, fried, on a fresh roll with tarter sauce---on Nantucket or at the Howard Johnson's--he describes the greatness of this food and laments the fact that he lives inland now and doesn't really trust the cleanliness of the coastal waters. (4:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-07-31 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Euro-Beeches |
| Description: | Familiarty can be very comforting. The smell of your mother's kitchen...the sound of the lake at a summer cottage...can make you feel that everything is right with the world. Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has this tale of the familiar suddenly disappearing. (4:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-08-03 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Daniel's First Book |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater tells Scott about the first time he REMEMBERS reading a book as a child. He also invites a special guest to be part of the discussion. (10:40) |
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| Date: | 1996-08-06 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Cigars II |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater sings the praises of a Double Maduro cigar, the cigar only real men dare to smoke. (2:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-08-09 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Mars |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater is not all that excited about the recent announcement that life may have existed on Mars, because he's known about it for years. He's relieved that he can finally tell the world. (2:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-08-26 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Buttons |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a few reflections on those creatures known as buttons---they date back to ancient history, they eat lint, most are harmless and their nests can sometimes be found in corners of drawers. (2:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6A2601.ram |
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| Date: | 1996-09-02 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Maxine |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of how a sad-sack dog called Maxine came to be a part of his family. (5:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-09-18 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | To Africa with Ken |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a trip to Africa with his old friend Ken Kellman-- he says going with him was a bad idea and tells us why. (3:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6s1801.ram |
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| Date: | 1996-09-24 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Donating Books |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater attempts to donate books to his local public library, but his philanthropy is defeated by an officious librarian. (2:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6s2401.ram |
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| Date: | 1996-09-28 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Monster Slayer and Mystery of Navajo Moon |
| Description: | Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about some new children's books.... 'Monster Slayer' and 'Mystery of Navajo Moon.' (They are published by Northland publishing in Flagstaff, Arizona.) 7:00 |
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| Book link: | Monster Slayer (Northland) |
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| Date: | 1996-09-28 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Monster Slayer and Mystery of Navajo Moon |
| Description: | Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about some new children's books.... 'Monster Slayer' and 'Mystery of Navajo Moon.' (They are published by Northland publishing in Flagstaff, Arizona.) 7:00 |
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| Book link: | Mystery of Navajo Moon (Northland) |
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| Date: | 1996-10-07 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Under the Knife |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater describes his most recent visit to the operating room. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1996-10-31 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Commentator Spooky Story |
| Description: | Thirteen All Things Considered commentators narrate a spooky story they collaborated on. It's a story of a lonely chicken salesman and his voyage of self-discovery. The story takes him on an eerie train ride, to a farmyard populated by bizarre poultry and Yiddish-speaking farmers. The authors passed the story around by e-mail and fax, chapter by chapter. They are Alan Cheuse, Bailey White, Leon Wynter, Laurie Anderson, Andrei Codrescu, Bill Harley, Daniel Pinkwater, Joyce Maynard, Bob Garfield, Amy Dickinson, Teller, Marion Winik and Kevin Kling. (22:28) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6o3101-4.ram |
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| Date: | 1996-11-29 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Miranda |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recently had a nice long conversation with a wolf named 'Miranda', much to the dismay of Daniel's own dogs. (3:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6n2901.ram |
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| Date: | 1996-12-25 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | The Happiest Being |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater and his wife, Jill, met the happiest being they've ever seen: a malamut puppy, liberated from the hard work that is the lot of a sled dog in Alaska. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-01-11 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | More Spaghetti, I Say! |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater talks to Scott about the simple pleasures of reading children's books aloud.... books like More Spaghetti, I Say! |
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| Book link: | More Spaghetti, I Say! (Cartwheel) |
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| Date: | 1997-01-14 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Arctic Dog |
| Description: | The Pinkwater clan has newly acquired an Inuit puppy named Lulu. The dog proves to have a remarkable intelligence and aptitude for training. She is curious, perceptive, and willing to be trained. Commentator Daniel Pinkwater thinks that her bloodline includes some wolf. (3:45) |
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| Date: | 1997-02-08 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Foreign books: Nina Bonita and Brush |
| Description: | Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a couple of his favorite new children's books from other parts of the globe -- that are available in English. (10:00) |
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| Book link: | Nina Bonita (Kane/Miller) |
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| Date: | 1997-02-08 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Foreign books: Nina Bonita and Brush |
| Description: | Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a couple of his favorite new children's books from other parts of the globe -- that are available in English. (10:00) |
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| Book link: | Brush (Sagebrush) |
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| Date: | 1997-02-10 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Miranda: In Memoriam |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater eulogizes Miranda, a timber wolf he came to know. Before passing away on Christmas. Miranda lived in captivity for many years, but never forgot she was wild...and never let those around her forget, either. (2:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-02-25 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Bagel |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has news: the bagel is extinct. It's another case of mass-culture destroying the very cultural artifact it seeks to celebrate. Gone is the tough, hand-made bagel--replaced by the domesticated creation that can be found at Dunkin Donuts. (2:30) |
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| Date: | 1997-03-04 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Pinkwater Diet |
| Description: | About a year ago, commentator Daniel Pinkwater told us about his new diet consisting of large quantities of ratatouille. Since then he has introduced lots more vegetables to his diet. And now a blessed event has occurred near his home. It's the opening of a new Mexican fast food restaurant run by a woman who is a vegetarian and a great cook. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-03-07 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Howard Stern |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater compares plots of 'Forrest Gump,' and the new movie about Howard Stern, 'Private Parts.' (1:30) |
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| Date: | 1997-03-11 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Stew in Africa |
| Description: | On a trip to Africa, commentator Daniel Pinkwater tasted some stew against good advice. It ended up being one of the sickest nights of his life, but one of the best. (5:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-04-17 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Owl in Poughkeepsie |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater visits the new home of an wayward arctic snowy owl. The bird is now living in a shopping center in Poughkeepsie, subsisting off pigeons and other bountiful urban wildlife. Daniel doesn't expect the owl to leave this land of easy living anytime soon. (1:30) |
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| Date: | 1997-04-26 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Ten Second Rainshowers |
| Description: | Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a new collection of poetry written by children, for children. (10:150) |
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| Book link: | Ten Second Rainshowers (Simon and Schuster) |
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| Date: | 1997-05-13 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Bagels 101 |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that he's worried about the future of bagel-making, since a local television station held a taste-test and rated a kind of frozen bagel as being better than some kinds of fresh ones. (2:15) |
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| Date: | 1997-05-15 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Fat Commentator |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that his mother-in law, mother, sister, and wife are all fat - like him. And, after reading about a woman who died last year from side effects of a diet drug, he is happy to say that they are all in excellent health. (1:30) |
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| Date: | 1997-06-11 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Course Requirements |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater isn't sure of how he feels about some of the new courses students are taking...like 'Hyper-text Fiction.' (1:45) |
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| Date: | 1997-06-17 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Lulu's Teeth |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater marvels over the teeth of his dog LuLu. (2:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-07-05 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Untitled |
| Description: | Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a publisher, Peter Bedrick Books (New York), which specializes in books for kids who love to learn. (7:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-07-09 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Miranda the Timber Wolf |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about a wolf with a yiddish accent. (2:30) |
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| Date: | 1997-07-21 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Hudson Valley Lawsuits |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about the huge number of lawsuits currently on the books in the sleepy New York town of Hyde Park. (1:30) |
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| Date: | 1997-08-29 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | 78'S IN POUGHKEEPSIE |
| Description: | Our commentator Daniel Pinkwater has found a new reason to love his home in the Hudson River Valley: a new AM radio station that plays 78's. The old-timey music is the love of its owner and general manager and dj, J.P. Ferraro. His station, WHVW, is broadcast from an old five and dime store in Poughkeepsie, New York. (8:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-09-13 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Untitled |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador into the world of children's books, Daniel Pinkwater, about learning to read. |
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| Date: | 1997-09-30 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Animals in Africa |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that he had to go all the way to Africa to get a decent night's sleep. After living in New York City, he's had trouble sleeping in the peace and quiet of the Hudson Valley. But when he made a trip to Africa, the nocturnal chatter of the animals made him feel right at home. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1997-11-29 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Untitled |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador into the world of children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about what to buy for those children on your holiday gift list. (7:45) |
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| Date: | 1997-12-09 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Lulu |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a new addition to his household: a twelve week old Inuit puppy named Lulu. (4:00) |
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| Date: | 1998-01-05 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Email |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater gives us an example of e-mail humor. (1:30) |
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| Date: | 1998-03-18 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Valley of Crustlessness |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that there aren't many good restaurants in the Hudson Valley, where he lives...but he and his wife finally found one. Unfortunately, the owner is planning on selling the place. Daniel says he's dreading the new proprietors. (3:30) |
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| Date: | 1998-04-04 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Children's Poetry |
| Description: | In honor of National Poetry Month, Scott speaks with Weekend Saturday''s ambassador to the world of children''s literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about two new books of children's poetry. (9:15) |
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| Date: | 1998-05-08 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | The Amazing Cheeseburger Diet |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about that staple of American culture, the cheeseburger. The problem is, it's basically high in calories and not considered something that people who want to lose weight can eat on a regular basis. In fact, Daniel thinks that the reason his diets have failed is because he ends up craving a cheeseburger. But using a little ingenuity, he's come up with a way to circumvent the high calorie potential of cheeseburgers. (3:30) |
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| Date: | 1998-06-03 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Obesity |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater considers new data showing an increase in the rate of obesity among Americans. He prefers to celebrate the news, arguing that the world will be a better place if we all added a few pounds. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1998-06-09 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Flashcard Lulu |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater continues the tale of his dog Lulu. Lulu w1hes TV with an obvious attention and comprehension--and so Daniel tries to teach Lulu to read. She is a fast learner. (3:00) |
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| Date: | 1998-08-08 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Folk Tales |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Weekend Edition''s ambassador into the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a collection of folk tales from around the world. (8:30) |
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| Date: | 1998-08-11 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | The Wristwatch Show |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater likes a certain show on cable television that comes on in the wee small hours of the morning. The show focuses only on selling wristwatches. He says it's positively hypnotic. This item is unavailable due to copyright issues. |
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| Date: | 1998-09-05 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Music Over Manhattan |
| Description: | Scott speaks with a very enthusiastic Daniel Pinkwater about a new book for children, called Music over Manhattan . (9:45) |
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| Book link: | Music over Manhattan (Doubleday) |
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| Date: | 1998-10-15 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | The Family in Hollywood |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater explains how his father's decision to move to Hollywood resulted in Daniel having a warped point of view. (4:00) |
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| Date: | 1998-10-16 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Waldorf Salad |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of how his father may have invented, or re-invented, the Waldorf salad. This item is unavailable due to copyright issues. |
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| Date: | 1998-12-05 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Ink Drinker |
| Description: | Scott speaks (and reads) with Daniel Pinkwater about the children's book The Ink Drinker , by Eric Sanvoisin. (Delacorte Press) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1000267 |
| Book link: | The Ink Drinker (Delacorte) |
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| Date: | 1998-12-09 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Children's Publishing |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater shares a personal story about adventures in children's book publishing. This item is unavailable due to Internet rights issues. |
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| Date: | 1998-12-22 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Teletubbies |
| Description: | The Teletubbies make commentator Daniel Pinkwater lose his normally-curmudgeonly reaction to people inside latex suits. He loves them. He says that w1hing them is like w1hing a group of toddlers. (3:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1032339 |
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| Date: | 1998-12-25 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Blue Moose |
| Description: | We'll hear a rebroadcast of the radio play 'The Blue Moose,' originally broadcast a decade ago. It was written by commentator Daniel Pinkwater, and performed various NPR personalities. (12:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1032385 |
| Book link: | Blue Moose |
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| Date: | 1999-03-27 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Good Little Girl |
| Description: | Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about a new children's book, David Lawrence's A Good Little Girl, in which a little girl's alter ego terrorizes her family and demands waffles for breakfast. (8:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1047474 |
| Book link: | The Good Little Girl (Doubleday) |
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| Date: | 1999-04-24 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Polkabats and Octopus Slacks |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater about children's poetry. They discuss a book by Calef Brown called Polka Bats and Octopus Slacks. (9:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1048853 |
| Book link: | Polkabats and Octopus Slacks (Houghton Mifflin) |
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| Date: | 1999-05-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Shel Silverstein Remembered |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition's ambassador to kiddie literature, about Shel Silverstein, the children's author, who died this week. (8:15) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1050072 |
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| Date: | 1999-07-01 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Mensa Meeting |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater was asked to speak before a group of Mensa members. He enjoyed the experience -- and is glad he's not a member. (3:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1053522 |
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| Date: | 1999-08-13 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Forbes |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater is unabashedly a Steve Forbes man. He really likes the idea of someone so rich on top --- someone who can buy off trouble makers like Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic --- someone who doesn't have to be constrained by the whims or politics of congress. (3:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1055271 |
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| Date: | 1999-09-04 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Toestomper and the Caterpillars |
| Description: | Scott talks with Weekend Edition Saturday's children's book authority, Daniel Pinkwater, about Toestomper and the Catepillars, by Sharleen Collicott.(10:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1058152 |
| Book link: | Toestomper and the Caterpillars (Houghton Mifflin) |
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| Date: | 1999-11-12 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Kids & Guns |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says today's public concern about guns in the hands of children is a marked change from the era when he was growing up. (3:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1066569 |
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| Date: | 1999-11-13 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | I, Crocodile |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of childrens' literature, about a new book called I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (Harper Collins). (10:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1066600 |
| Book link: | I, Crocodile (Joanna Cotler) |
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| Date: | 1999-12-04 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Zip Guns |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says today's public concern about guns in the hands of children is a marked change from the era when he was growing up. (2:56) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/weed/19991204.weed.03.ram |
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| Date: | 1999-12-25 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Wizard Crystal Christmas Pageant |
| Description: | From the NPR Archives of 1988, an All Things Considered Christmas Pageant, written by Daniel Pinkwater. It stars Bob Edwards as an unhappy wizard in seach of a magic crystal. Co-starring Daniel Schorr as a Blue Moose, with various NPR reporters and hosts playing frogs. (19:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/weed/19991225.weed.07.ram |
| Book link: | Wizard Crystal (Dodd Mead) |
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| Date: | 2000-01-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater about a new children's book about collective bargaining called Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type. (9:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1069209 |
| Book link: | Click,Clack,Moo: Cows that Type (Simon and Schuster) |
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| Date: | 2000-02-26 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Henry Hikes to Fitchburg |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's own Daniel Pinkwater, who raves about a new children's book called Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, by D. B. Johnson. (Published by Houghton MIfflin) (12:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1070877 |
| Book link: | Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (Houghton Mifflin) |
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| Date: | 2000-07-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Brave Potatoes |
| Description: | Scott and Daniel Pinkwater read from the children's book Brave Potatoes, a story about a group of potatoes and their attempt not to spend life on a couch or in a pan. (9:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1079549 |
| Book link: | Brave Potatoes (Putnam) |
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| Date: | 2000-09-02 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Basho and the Fox |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of childrens' literature, about a new book called Basho and the Fox. (11:15) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1081489 |
| Book link: | Basho and the Fox (Marshall Cavendish) |
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| Date: | 2000-09-30 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Gershon's Monster |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of children's literature, about a new book for Rosh Hashanah called 'Gershon's Monster.' (11:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111829 |
| Book link: | Gershon's Monster (Scholastic) |
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| Date: | 2000-11-25 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day |
| Description: | Scott and Daniel Pinkwater, discuss, read and have fun with a new book for kids, called Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day. (9:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1114538 |
| Book link: | Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day (Dutton) |
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| Date: | 2000-12-23 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Wolf Christmas |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater reads from his story for young and old, Wolf Christmas. (6:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1115955 |
| Book link: | Wolf Christmas (Marshall Cavendish) |
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| Date: | 2001-02-06 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Skunks |
| Description: | Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of Children's Literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a new book for children called Skunks, by David T. Greenberg and Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. (9:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1118057 |
| Book link: | Skunks (Little,Brown,Young) |
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| Date: | 2001-09-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Park Beat |
| Description: | Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about the book Park Beat. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1118057 |
| Book link: | Park Beat (HarperCollins) |
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| Date: | 2001-12-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart |
| Description: | Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new book of poems for children called Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart, by Vera B. Williams. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1134868 |
| Book link: | Amber was Brave,Essie was Smart (Greenwillow) |
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| Date: | 2002-01-19 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Henry Builds a Cabin |
| Description: | Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater, the Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new book for children called Henry Builds a Cabin. The book is by D.B. Johnson and is published by Houghton Mifflin. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1136641 |
| Book link: | Henry Builds a Cabin (Houghton Mifflin) |
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| Date: | 2002-03-02 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Davy Crockett Saves the World |
| Description: | Scott Simon is joined by Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, for a reading of the new children's' book called Davy Crockett Saves the World, by Rosalyn Schanzer. (7:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1139226 |
| Book link: | Davy Crockett Saves the World (HarperCollins) |
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| Date: | 2002-03-14 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | How to React |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater takes note of the flap over the show at the Jewish Museum in New York City. He says the right way to show your unhappiness would be through ridicule, not boring protest or calling for government action. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1139889 |
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| Date: | 2002-05-18 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Pinkwater and 'The Frog' |
| Description: | Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater. They talk about a new book of nonsense poems by Jack Prelutsky called, The Frog Wore Red Suspenders. (9:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143586 |
| Book link: | The Frog Wore Red Suspenders (Greenwillow) |
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| Date: | 2002-06-20 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Fat Flier |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater reacts to the misreported news yesterday that said Southwest Airlines is changing its policy to charge fat people for two seats when they fly. Southwest says this policy has always been in effect if a passenger cannot fit comfortably into one seat. Pinkwater, who is 'openly fat,' says flying stinks anyway. He stopped flying when the seats shrank, the service went downhill and the food went bad. (2:15) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1145331 |
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| Date: | 2002-07-06 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Story of Little Babaji |
| Description: | Scott Simon speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new rendition of Little Black Sambo called The Story of Little Babaji, illustrated by Fred Marcellino. (11:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1146257 |
| Book link: | The Story of Little Babaji (Joanna Cotler) |
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| Date: | 2002-08-24 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Arlene Sardine |
| Description: | Host Scott Simon speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a book for children called Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148863 |
| Book link: | Arlene Sardine (Scholastic) |
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| Date: | 2002-08-27 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Incoming Freshmen |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater speaks to a seemingly catatonic group of new college students. They ask no questions. To him, the talk appears to have been a disaster. Later he sees signs in the school lobby about 'TV rentals' and then comes to a realization. They treated him like a video -- and just watched. (2:45) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1149042 |
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| Date: | 2002-09-06 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Blackjack |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls finding in his father's office drawer two weapons known as blackjacks. Blackjacks are lead weights used to knock people on the head. Why two? One for the black suit, one for the brown. His dad taught him fashion. (2:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1149599 |
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| Date: | 2002-09-24 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Against All Odds |
| Description: | A vet told commentator Daniel Pinkwater that his dog was dying. The Pinkwaters' reaction was one of denial. It turns out they were right. The dog beat the cancer. (4:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1150566 |
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| Date: | 2002-10-02 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Barbershop |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater paints a picture of the barbershop of his youth. He hated the actual haircut, but loved the comic books, the sounds and the smells. (2:00) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1150987 |
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| Date: | 2002-10-09 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Irate Listener |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells us about an NPR listener who called him to complain about the accent he uses to portray his father's voice on the radio. (1:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151360 |
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| Date: | 2002-10-12 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Farfallina and Marcel |
| Description: | Host Scott Simon and Weekend Edition's ambassador to kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, talk about a new children's book called Farfallina & Marcel, by Holly Keller. Together they read the story to the listeners. (8:00) (The publisher is Greenwillow Books.) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151556 |
| Book link: | Farfallina and Marcel (Greenwillow) |
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| Date: | 2002-10-15 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | The Lone Ranger |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a childhood encounter with The Lone Ranger. In person. Sort of. (4:30) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151717 |
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| Date: | 2002-11-07 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Selling Books |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater doesn't like selling his books. He shuns interviews, but he needs to get paid for the books. So he usually talks about anything but the book. He says he has a beatnik streak and that his liberal education is to blame. Other artists have PR firms to help out; he doesn't. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=835406 |
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| Date: | 2002-12-21 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Yellow Umbrella |
| Description: | Host Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, discuss and read from two books for children, Another Perfect Day by Ross MacDonald and Yellow Umbrella by Jae-Soo Liu. Yellow Umbrella comes with a music CD composed Dong Il Sheen to play while reading the book. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=883541 |
| Book link: | Yellow Umbrella (Kane/Miller) |
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| Date: | 2002-12-21 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Another Perfect Day |
| Description: | Host Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, discuss and read from two books for children, Another Perfect Day by Ross MacDonald and Yellow Umbrella by Jae-Soo Liu. Yellow Umbrella comes with a music CD composed Dong Il Sheen to play while reading the book. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=883541 |
| Book link: | Another Perfect Day (Roaring Brook) |
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| Date: | 2003-01-20 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Sergeant Preston |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and Yukon King, Preston's trusty malamute. And he reflects on his own dog companions. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=928064 |
| Book link: | Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories (Simon and Schuster) |
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| Date: | 2003-03-05 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Subway Q & A |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater praises a local New York City cable TV show called Subway Q & A. A man with a microphone and camera wanders the underground transit system asking people their innermost fears and thoughts, and also trying to persuade them to do stunts such as sing, dance, dress up funny, flirt with strangers and more. Pinkwater considers it his favorite TV show and w1hes it over and over. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1184142 |
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| Date: | 2003-04-12 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Red Wolf |
| Description: | One of the most enduring fairy tale motifs is that of a beautiful princess confined high up in a tower. In The Red Wolf, a new book by Margaret Shannon, that princess is named Roselupin, and she passes the time by knitting and plotting her escape. Daniel Pinkwater, NPR's ambassador to the world of children's literature, joins NPR's Scott Simon to read from the book. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1229559 |
| Book link: | The Red Wolf (Houghton Mifflin) |
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| Date: | 2003-06-21 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | A Day in the Life of Murphy |
| Description: | NPR's Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater read and discuss a new book for children called A Day in the Life of Murphy, by Alice Provenson. It's published by Simon and Schuster. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1306437 |
| Book link: | A Day in the Life of Murphy (Simon and Schuster) |
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| Date: | 2003-07-21 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Obedience School, Eastern Style |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater explains how the influence of samurai movies shaped his latter day behavior when it came to dog training. Rather than use force, Pinkwater sought the Eastern-way -- a path of doggie enlightenment. The results were personal injury and a return to traditional methods. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1344438 |
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| Date: | 2003-08-29 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Fat Guy for the Queer Eye |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater thinks the TV show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is appalling. He says the gays on the show have terrible taste and wind up filling up people's lives with brand-name products. And he admits to loving it. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1415687 |
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| Date: | 2003-09-11 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Fat Dogs |
| Description: | While listening to this program, commentator Daniel Pinkwater was startled by the news that American cats and dogs are too fat. He has a conversation with his dog Lulu about the situation. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1428321 |
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| Date: | 2003-09-20 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | The Picture of Morty and Ray |
| Description: | NPR's Scott Simon talks with Daniel Pinkwater, the Weekend Edition Saturday ambassador to the world of children's literature. This time, they discuss one of Pinkwater's own books: The Picture of Morty and Ray, illustrated by Jack E. Davis. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1437389 |
| Book link: | The Picture of Morty and Ray (HarperCollins) |
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| Date: | 2003-10-22 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Dog or Wolf? |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about a dog named Lulu, whose character is shaped entirely by one key part of her make-up: she is more wolf than dog. She understands everything her masters say, but feels no need to obey. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1475302 |
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| Date: | 2003-10-30 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Lulu, the Talking Dog |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater illustrates how he got his dog, Lulu, to read her own name on a card. The trick is, 'Lulu' is a word a dog can say. (Link includes a practice session with Lulu!) |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1485255 |
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| Date: | 2003-11-15 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard |
| Description: | NPR's Scott Simon talks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new book for children called Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard, by Remy Charlip. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1507837 |
| Book link: | Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard (Marshall Cavendish) |
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| Date: | 2003-12-12 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Don't Diss Hoboken, N.J. |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater disses a local-to-New York PBS show called 'A Walk Thru ...' when it profiles Hoboken, N.J., a community he knows very well. The show skirts all the important historical color he loves so much. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1546028 |
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| Date: | 2003-12-20 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Henry Climbs a Mountain |
| Description: | NPR's ambassador to children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, brings in the latest book by one of his favorite author/illustrators, D.B. Johnson. Henry Climbs a Mountain is the third in a series of books featuring a bear based on naturalist Henry David Thoreau. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1555077 |
| Book link: | Henry Climbs a Mountain (Houghton Mifflin) |
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| Date: | 2004-01-06 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Glass by Any Name |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater destroys a light fixture that hung over his kitchen table. He discovers a place called 'Pinkwater Glass' that is near his house. It is no relation to him, much to his relief. He learns of the odd and arbitrary way the place got its name and orders up a splendid replacement for his kitchen from his namesake. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1585838 |
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| Date: | 2004-02-14 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Slithery Jake |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater, the Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss the tale and to read aloud. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1675109 |
| Book link: | Slithery Jake (HarperCollins) |
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| Date: | 2004-03-06 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | A Centennial Tribute to Dr. Seuss |
| Description: | Daniel Pinkwater, champion of children's literature for Weekend Edition, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Giesel, a.k.a Dr. Seuss. Pinkwater reads an excerpt from the very first Seuss book: And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1749674 |
| Book link: | And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (Random House) |
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| Date: | 2004-05-07 |
| Program/Website: | The Next Big Thing |
| Title: | Pet Cloning |
| Description: | A new company is offering a pet cloning service. We consult with one expert, Lulu, on whether or not such a service seems desirable. Translation provided by Lulu's owner, Daniel Pinkwater. |
| Listen: | http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram.py?file=nbt/nbt050804a.ra |
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| Date: | 2004-05-08 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | And Here's to You |
| Description: | Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, brings in a new kids' book, called And Here's to You!, by David Elliott. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1889354 |
| Book link: | And Here's to You (Candlewick) |
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| Date: | 2004-05-20 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | A Bullying Youth |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers his own youthful non-concern for the safety and dignity of others in light of stories of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. reservists. He gave a fellow student a 'Mickey Finn' but didn't care about the consequences. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1904241 |
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| Date: | 2004-05-28 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Blind Patriotism, Youth and Bad Behavior |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has been dredging up memories triggered by recent items in the news about the bad and blind behavior of young people. He recalls how the threat of the 'communist menace' infected a college friend of his into giving up his personal life to fight in the Cold War. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1915148 |
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| Date: | 2004-05-28 |
| Program/Website: | The Next Big Thing |
| Title: | Dog Comments |
| Description: | Most of the news these days is for the dogs. So perhaps it is fitting that we turn to Lulu, a dog on Capitol Hill, to offer some trenchant analysis. Translation provided by LuluÆs owner, Daniel Pinkwater. Produced by Jill Krauss. |
| Listen: | http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram.py?file=nbt/nbt052904a.ra |
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| Date: | 2004-06-21 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Playing Patriotism in the Catskills |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of his father's business success in the Catskills. He says his father understood the symbolic and economic value of a little well-placed patriotism. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1967750 |
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| Date: | 2004-06-29 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Driving a Grease Car |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells us about a conversion kit that allows your diesel car to run on used cooking oil. But he'd rather not go to restaurants to get waste. Instead, he wants to cook food right in his grease car, eat the food, then use the oil as fuel. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3022467 |
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| Date: | 2004-07-13 |
| Program/Website: | Fresh Air with Terry Gross |
| Title: | Looking for Bobowicz |
| Description: | His new book is Looking for Bobowicz. In addition to his duties as an NPR commentator, he's written more than 60 books for children and the young at heart, including Irving and Muktuk: Bad Bears in the Big City and The Picture of Morty and Ray. Pinkwater lives in upstate New York with his wife Jill, who illustrated Looking for Bobowicz. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3360028 |
| Book link: | Looking for Bobowicz (HarperCollins) |
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| Date: | 2004-07-17 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Edward Lear and 'A Pelican Chorus' |
| Description: | A lively new book for children who aren't averse to a bit of verse, The Pelican Chorus and Other Nonsense features the poems of Edward Lear and the illustrations of Fred Marcellino. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and children's literature aficionado Daniel Pinkwater. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3482027 |
| Book link: | The Pelican Chorus (HarperTrophy) |
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| Date: | 2004-08-14 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Arlo Guthrie Writes a Children's Book |
| Description: | NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a book written by Arlo Guthrie and illustrated by Alice M. Brock (of Alice's Restaurant fame). The book is called Mooses Come Walking. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3851407 |
| Book link: | Mooses come Walking (Chronicle) |
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| Date: | 2004-08-20 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | It's 'Pundit,' Not 'Pundint' |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater cautions against saying 'pundint' when we mean 'pundit.' He says he's not a language snob, but this bastardization of a word is too much for him. He hears the word 'pundint' a lot in sports commentary. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3862693 |
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| Date: | 2004-08-31 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Teaching a Dumb Dog New Tricks |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater stubbornly tries to teach his dog, Maxine, to obey a few basic commands. The dog seems to grasp the concepts, but is so excited by her own understanding that she keeps running back and forth to her owner to proudly confirm she's doing the right thing. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3881721 |
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| Date: | 2004-09-23 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Can Political News Get Real? |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater wants more focus placed on one problem: that neither candidate is doing anything more than speaking in sound-bites, and a real debate has not taken place on the issues. He offers insight into the bickering and trivialities he sees in the campaign. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3933563 |
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| Date: | 2004-09-28 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Uniforms, Dress and Conformity among Teens |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers how a beret got him in trouble in high school. Back then, conformity in dress was stressed. He also recalls he got photographed by possible FBI agents for attending concerts by black musicians. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4051553 |
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| Date: | 2004-10-02 |
| Program/Website: | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Title: | Crocodile Laughs in 'Guji Guji' |
| Description: | The illustrated children's book Guji Guji is a modern-day ugly duckling story with a reptilian twist: the title character is a crocodile raised among a family of ducks. Daniel Pinkwater and NPR's Scott Simon read from the book. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4058317 |
| Book link: | Guji Guji (Kane/Miller) |
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| Date: | 2004-10-11 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Golden Wok, Feeling Like Home |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater explains the simple, blissful joys of dining at a local Chinese restaurant. A tale of small pleasures. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4080647 |
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| Date: | 2004-10-19 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | When Campaign Name-Calling Got Out of Hand |
| Description: | Commentator Daniel Pinkwater reveals that he once ran for office while in school. His opponent slandered him with posters saying 'Pinkie is a Winkie,' but despite protests that this was both unfair and pure nonsense, the teachers refused to intervene. It was a dirty campaign. |
| Listen: | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4117253 |
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| Date: | 2004-11-04 |
| Program/Website: | All Things Considered |
| Title: | Wh |