TECH BUZZ: National Public Radio has a launched a social networking element to their site, which builds upon their noticeably aggressive (and successful) foray into accruing digital prowess with free podcasts and downloads. While it’s all well and good, we’re still waiting for a Carl Kasell video blog.

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The Best Links:

1. NPR Community Home Page!
2. NPR Goes Social
3. NPR Community: Facebook For Prius-Driving, Sushi-Eating Bleedinghearts?
4. NPR <3’s Schweddy Balls

TV BUZZ: It started on radio, moved to television, and now it’s going live: Tonight, This American Life will be broadcast live from a New York stage to movie screens across the country. If we know Ira Glass (and we do), there are going to be a lot of panties thrown on-stage at this show. Flannel-clad hipster chicks have, indeed, found their Elvis.

The Best Links:

1. Live From The Room Full of Tote Bags, Videogum Was There
2. Showtime’s Official Site For ‘TAL’
3. Find a Theater Near You Set to Broadcast the Show
4. Ira Glass Interviewed on Fair Game
5. Expect Stories About Iraqi-Americans, Midwestern Prisoners, Dental Floss, and Kids Doing Stand-Up Comedy [You’re Not Really Surprised, Are You?]
6. The Ad On YouTube
7. PRI’s Official Press Release
8. Ask and Ye Shall Receive, Young Bloggers