. >> more of our listeners are getting to listen to the podcast than they get to us over the airwaves. >> being on the internet has only increased our reach, and the number of people who consume public radio. and our radio audience continues the to grow. like all of public radio. >> increasingly, the broadcast becomes a kind of billboard for the podcast. >> so we're in a sort of a little bit out ahead. >> you go to the podcast and you've got this, it's almost an object. it's almost permanent. >> that's no radioey. radio is tight. it belongs in a certain place, it's your hometown. >> you can rewind and et did. you can go back a little bit, what was that? >> we're now all over. >> because they were so perfectly beautifully crafted, you know, people would download these things and listen to them and share them with their friends and look for the next one. >> i don't want this stuff to be disposable, you know? and radio is, i think, from its inception, was built to be disposable. you can turn it on and then it just vanishes. but it's not really that anymore. it sticks around. so i want ev

she was asked about it on alec baldwin's podcast and says everyone has to leave. she added when she does, it won't be because she is sick of it or because she has something better, it will be because it's time. >> she broke my heart. >>> this comes to us from hoboken, new jersey, in the battle of sleep the alarm clock has won out. if that sound drives you crazy, that is the point. it's rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of the bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. that code changes daily you have to stop and think about it every time but not foolproof, it might not survive if you smash it. >> he shouldn't survive. >> it's self-inflicted.

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he has a weekly television show, podcast. >> the national cathedral is guided tours of the gargoyles. -- the first was given this afternoon. the cathedral is continuing to money to complete repairs. >> turning now to the weather, a sunday, a big improvement over yesterday. little bit of sunshine went a long way. temperatures about 20 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. 70 at reagan national airport, at dulles. temperatures fall through the 60's with increasing clouds. winds will start to diminish out the north. up in just a few minutes, at the extended outlook. for the 80's? tell you when in just a few minutes. >> still to come, deadly latest on the storm that claimed one life outside in st. louis. >> a second shooter in the rfk assassination? >> a witness to rfk's assassination is challenging the only one belief that was responsible. if the statements are proven lead to a newld trial. two gunsshe heard the 1968 shooting. she said fbi agents changed her when the votes of their initial report. -- when they wrote up their initial report. for a missing girl arizona has expanded into m

she was asked about it on alec baldwin's podcast and says everyone has to leave. added when she does, it won't be because she is sick of it or because she has something better, it will be because it's time. >> she broke my heart. >>> this comes to us from hoboken, new jersey, in the battle of sleep the alarm clock has won out. if that sound drives you crazy, that is the point. it's rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of the bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. that code changes daily you have to stop and think about it every time but not foolproof, it might not survive if you smash it. >> he shouldn't survive. >> it's self-inflicted. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today" the first stop of the day, today on nur nbc station. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com test, test, test. . . . . . test, test. . >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet but chilly start on this wednesday morning. we have the possibility for some rain showers this afternoon. down to 34 in frederick. 39 at the air

it's like a podcast every day and it just cracks me up. it's just so funny. well, look forward you actually hired him originally as your assistant. is that right? >> no, he was actually the producer on my radio show. and then i asked him a question on air and what came out was absolute drive. it was funny drivel. he's just funny. he's odd. and i wanted to share -- i feel like i'm anthony hopkins in the elephant man parading dune this weird thing. >> well obviously people love it because of all the downloads. i notice that, you know, your character has a pretty kind of vaguely familiar look. in fact, if it might say why is it that your character, take a look at the screen, looks like fred flintstone. really, look at that. the nose, the ears. >> because i look a built like fred flintstone in real life. >> you do not. >> i wanted to be very retro. the things they say are so odd. and i didn't want to be trendy because it's quite out there some of the things we talk about. and so i thought that it would be a nice juxtaposition. it looks friendly. >> lots of out th

for free and you can now buy the video podcast.of the week is from my guest from earlier john meecham. it is his first book "franklin and winston, an intimate portrait of an epic friendship." they had a lot in common, but they were also quite different. they did work together to win the second world war. it's a beautiful portrait of a friendship of politics and is written beautifully. really worth reading. now, for the last look. calcutta, the city of joy, is best remembered in black and white as the one-time capital of the british raj. it's a city also associated with the color red. after all, it was ruled by the communist party for 34 years. last year they were voted out. in its place is a pop list leader who is promising a new city with new policies. well, forget about black and white or red. she wants to paint the city blue. yes, literally. all the official buildings of calcutta are to be painted blue. even the iconic yellow taxis, highway dividers. her party says it's because they see blue as the color of optimism. it's the co

asked about it on alec baldwin's podcast she mysteriously answered everyone has to leave. she added when she does it's not because she's sick of it or got something better but because it's time. this from hoboken, new jersey, where the battle of sleep, the alarm clock finally wins out. all right. that sound drives you nuts, that's the point. the alarm clark is rigged so you can't turn it off until you get out of bed, head to the bathroom and type in a code. if that's not bad enough the code actually changes every day so you're going to have to stop and think about it every single time. it is not foolproof, though. if you change your mind about wanting it, the inventor said it might not survive it if you smash it. there's a solution for you. i'm lynn berry, this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> one added note from a north pole race we reported on yesterday. moments after the icy finish, the participant took part in a cold proposal. the cold couldn't keep these two apart. she looks excited.

"after words" is available on podcast and xml. select which podcast he would like to download, and listen to "after words" while you travel. >> so the decision to charge john lawrence and tyron gardner, in the states willingness to defend their laws that seemed vulnerable, to accept this case on the road up to the courts, can you tell us about the history of the laws? on the one hand, it seems like it has a very long history, but i read in your book that it has somewhat of a recent history. in the 1970s, they were much more targeted at gays and lesbians. >> that is exactly right. sodomy laws in general prohibited at one point all nonmarital or procreating sexual acts. he goes back hundreds and hundreds of years in the west end goes back to england and the colonies and every state. in fact, every state had some version of a sodomy law as of 1960. in a sense, as the supreme court said in bowers versus hardwick, these were sort of ancient laws, as you could call them. in bowers versus hardwick, they do not have a very deep or sophist

>> the american podcast grows up for the reunion. >> pope benedict presiding over the way of the cross procession in rome, addressing thousands of christians who gathered at the coliseum for the traditional good friday ceremony which marks the crucifixion of jesus christ. thousands are expected at st. peter's square on sunday to hear the pope delivered easter mass. dozens turned out for their rare and emotional good friday ceremony reenacting the time from christ's course of action to his burial in the tomb. it took place at the franciscan monastery in northeast. franciscan friars and others participated. current tv is fighting back against fired at anchor keith olbermann, filing a countersuit today. keith olbermann filed a suit, seeking $50 million, claiming that current tv breached a contract with him. the network called him an immature and not arrogant and say they cannot have to pay him a dime. we all know that tim tebow has faith, and he will share it at an easter service in austin, texas. leaders of the church invited him to speak and he accepted. the nondenominational service wi

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she was asked about it on alec baldwin's podcast and wiig n mysteriously answered everyone has to leaveded when she does, it won't be because she is sick of it or because she has something better, it will be because it's time. >> time off. >> playing the politically correct card. >> yeah. i'm still trying to deal with the stuff about the earthquake. >> you are distracted doing some important work. >> one thing i read that is important, they're saying 20-foot waves -- 20-foot tsunami can be expected from the indian ocean, for the people in india. >> we will continue to follow this on "way too early." i'm lynn berry this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> rick santorum drops out of the republican race for president, all but guaranteeing mitt romney is the party's nominee. the question is will conservatives now rally around the candidate they've been opposing for months? mark halprin will join us live in a moment. >>> can we expect to see more of the pole rising for the president as the 2012 election approaches? >>> and the marlins drop the hammer on ozzie guillen, suspending him for five games

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and the podcasts of q and a and news makers. the radio app free at the itunes app store. >>> and welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. one of the changes put forth by ben bernanke he told reporters that he is comfortable with the current stands of interest rate policy given the forecast that economic growth will be moderate. as expected the fed chairman did stress that the fed could purchase more assets if the economy needs additional assistance but some ways to boost like tolerating higher inflation would be reckless. here is more from today's news conference as he took questions on what some say is not enough of what is being viewed as a slow economic recovery. >> unemployment is too high and you said you expect it to remain too high for years to come. inflation is under control and you say you expect it to remain under control. you say you have additional tools available for you to use but you are not using them right now. under these circumstances it is hard for people to understand why you are not using tho

to podcast his program is that other channels wouldn't let the people he wanted to interview say the things they wanted to say some say the resulting backlash on both sides of the atlantic is a way for publications of questionable integrity to whitewash their. images it really makes american media howard's feel good to be able to point to other media outlets and say oh look over there those are tools and instruments for state propaganda because when we do that they get you forget about an obscure you know their own role in disseminating state propaganda most notoriously in the lead up to the iraq war where for example the new york times did more than almost anybody to convince americans about the need to attack iraq based on a lie but even since then the model of us knew years very much to show faith all the oil teaching the us government and so it's really there's really a lot of irony in a park receiving this criticism in a further irony for the guardian it's backlash seems to a seriously misjudged its readership comments in response to the article overwhelmingly supportive about s

our luncheons are also featured on our member-produced weekly podcast from the national press club available on itunes. you can follow the action on twitter using #npclunch. after our guest's speech concludes we'll have a question and answer segment and i will answer -- i will ask as many questions as time permits. now it's time to introduce our head table guest. and i'd ask each one of you to stand up briefly as your name is announced. from your right, kate michael, k street kate. naya hawkins, associated press. todd purdham, "vanity fair." mary miliken, reuters. monica hopkins, el dorado pictures. nora halpern, americans for the arts. allison fitzgerald, freelance journal and speaker committee chair. i'm going to skip our speaker for just a moment. robert cardon, cardon communications and speakers committee member who organized this luncheon. nina ozlu tunceli, american for the arts. mark winow, kiplinger's. nicki schwab, washington examiner, yeas and nays columnist. bob madigan, wtop. pam stevens, msnbc. [ applause ] our guest today is an award-winning actor, producer, director, and autho

this program is also available as c-span podcasts. >>> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from the weekly series as well as access the history tweets, history in the news and social media from twitter and foursquare and follow history tv every weekend on c-span3 and online at cspan.o cspan.org/history. >>> on march 30th, 1981, a would-be assassin fired six shots at president ronald reagan outside of the washington hilton hotel two miles from the white house. washington post reporter delwilber met us on the sidewalk where the shooting took place to tell us what happened that day. >> ronald reagan was here delivering a speech to the afl-cio. he was excited to give the speech. he actually wrote it by hand. [ "hail to the chief" ] >> at 2:25, 2:26 or 2:27 he merges from the entrance behind this area, and this is new. it is a bunker, and if you will see, this is the entrance or the door, a steel door where the president emerged and left. he built this actually the entrance especially for th