Nerd humor with xkcd
Quick – can you scratch your head and laugh at the same time? A religious crusade to end the death penalty. And: why can’t we have public options for everything?
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Randall Munroe, xkcd
In the web comic xkcd, PhD student humor has been delighting the internet since September 2005. Its creator, Randall Munroe, is just out with a new book called How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems.
Sister Helen Prejean, River of Fire
Sister Helen Prejean is a nun who’s crusaded against the death penalty in America. Her first book, Dead Man Walking, was made into a film in 1995 (starring Susan Sarandon). Her new book is more personal. It’s called River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey.
Ganesh Sitaraman, The Public Option
There’s a lot of talk about public options when it comes to healthcare. But what about childcare? Or retirement? Even internet service? Ganesh Sitaraman wants to see a government funded option in each of those cases. He’s former policy director for Senator Elizabeth Warren and co-author of the book The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity and Promote Equality.
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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