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Bookbabble Episode 51: We Can’t Let You Read That! Recorded 1 Nov 2009 Babblers: Bjorn, Lone, Marcel, Donny, with guest Glenda Larke   Synopsis: The group talks about censorship in our literature, and as it happens in our respective countries.  We discuss about what’s clearly bad, why they should or shouldn’t, and the beef about the whole process.  Also, a little on NaNoWriMo, and why teapots can be so titillating they deserved to be banned!   Show Length: 1:21:01 mins   Mentioned Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov Ulysses, James Joyce NaNoWriMo     Glenda Larke on the Internet! Official website Glenda’s Blog Glenda’s Facebook page      

From the Albany Bureau at the New York Times, reporter Nicholas Confessore discusses what the Joe Bruno trial says about how business is conducted in Albany.

The first Asian-American elected to city-wide office, John Liu, New York City comptroller-elect, explains what he plans to accomplish in the next four years.

Details continue to emerge about the shooting at Fort Hood. Two communities have been affected in particular: military families and Muslim-Americans. We try to find common ground. Tom Tarantino, legislative associate at the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and an Army Captain who returned from Iraq in 2006, discusses how a violent incident at a military base might affect life there for military families. And Hesham El-Meligy, a Muslim-American activist from Staten Island, discusses the incident and the reaction of his community.

Mebrahtom Keflezighi was the first American in 27 years to win the New York City Marathon. Cameron Stracher, the publisher of the New York Law School Law Review and author of a forthcoming book about the American running boom in the 1970's and 1980's, discusses why he thinks American running was on the decline and what Keflezighi's win means for the future of the sport in the United States - and what an All-American runner means anyway.

The ticker tape parade for the Bronx Bombers is today, and the star of the show is World Series MVP Hideki Matsui, who exemplifies a particular brand of baseball that's different from the rest of his team. WNYC’s own baseball fanatic (and softball team co-captain) Rex Doane with Andrew Jenks, director and producer of the documentary "The Zen of Bobby V,” talk about the differences between the American and Japanese baseball.

Three members of the improvisational musical comedy group The Made-Up Musical Tara Copeland, Michael Martin, and Frank Spitznagel, demonstrate the art of "improv musicals." Call for Ideas! Suggest a song title, pulled from the headlines, for the instant musical.

Michael Jackson is now a zombie, wanting zombie dancers, a record deal and his recently lost crotch. He is the guest on The Zombie Today Show a zombie soap opera, talk show comedy. Read the blogs and see more episodes at http://www.readersentertainment.tv

A silly skit just for Forever 15 fans.

Our story ends in modern day New York.

Lucy is reunited with an old friend and leaves Princeton Hills for good.

Lucy joins Michelle's family for dinner.

Martin assails Lucy with a bold move, and a special guest joins the audience.

Get ready to Raise a Racket with Podioracket.com s Episode 21! H.E. Roulo and Rhonda R Carpenter bring you interviews with Mark Rayner and Alex White, as well as promos from P.G. Holyfield and Seth Harwood. Mark Rayner Mark s website: http://markarayner.com Book site: http://marvelloushairy.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/markarayner Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/markarayner Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/308856 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Mark-A-Rayner/68490226665 Alex White The Gearheart Alex has tips and tricks on writing at his blog www.thegearheart.com Follow Alex on twitter at @thegearheart Alex put together a great 5-minute video blog with tips on the physical aspects of recording that appeared in a previous podioracket.com post. CONTESTS New www.themarkofadruid.com contest has started! This is a Second Life challenge and should be a lot of fun. Send Rhonda Carpenter a notecard in SL to enter. See her site for details. The contest ends on November 30th. Podioracket.com continues to seek Podiobooks.com promos. NEWS It s November and that means NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. Many of your favorite authors are hard at work this month striving to belch out 50,000 words in 30 days. Check out the promo for P.G. Hollyfield s crossover. He wrote a story for Angel Between the Lines and Tabz wrote a story for Tales of the Children. The event is Nov. 16th 18th. We love Seth Harwood and had a blast on the Hot Tub Podcast. Check out his promo in the episode! NEW RELEASES Two new books by Tom Lichtenberg Squatter With a Lexus by Tom Lichtenberg Fiction Orange Car With Stripes by Tom Lichtenberg Humor Dreaming of Deliverance by R.E. Chambliss  Fiction One Fall by Spencer Baum  Thriller     Get A Life! by John Dodds Self-Help The Sorcerer s Secret (book 3 of the Salem Concord) by J. A. Areces Fantasy COMPLETE Harvey by Phil Rossi Marvellous Hairy – a novel in five fractals by Mark Rayner