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The Big Broadcast: September 18, 2011

September 18, 2011
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    07/31/60 #699 The Rhymer Collection Matter (AFRS) (20:56)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    08/18/49 #011 Jewel Thieves (Sus,) (NBC) (29:48)
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    01/10/53 #38 Word Of Honor (Sus.) (CBS) (29:44)
  • 08:30 p.m. Burns & Allen
    08/19/40 Why Was George Late for the Show (Hormel) (NBC) (29:38)
  • 09:00 p.m. Phillip Marlowe
    01/07/50 #66 The Torch Carriers (Ford) (CBS) (29:36)
  • 09:30 p.m. I Was a Communist for the FBI
    05/06/53 An Un-American Activity (28:56) Synd
  • 10:00 p.m. Boston Blackie
    04/23/46 #54 The Stolen Car Ring (Synd) (26:48)
  • 10:30 p.m. Lights Out
    08/24/46 The Signal Man (Sus.) (NBC) (29:30) 

Arts & Culture

NPR

Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'

Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.

Food

NPR

'Picture Cook': Drawings Are The Key Ingredients In These Recipes

Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.

Politics

NPR

Highly Charged IRS Case Pulls In Political Agendas

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the Congressional testimony of IRS officials in response to the scandal over special scrutiny of tea party groups. Underneath all the politics, there's a policy question that hasn't been addressed.

Technology

NPR

Book News: Amazon May Be Called Before Parliament Over Taxes

Also: AARP and The Nation join a growing list of ebook publishers; Hilary Mantel on Jane Austen; Anne Applebaum on Sheryl Sandberg.

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