A Bone To Pick

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A Bone To Pick is a combination of "Fresh Air" and "A Prairie Home Companion." The first two parts are reviews or commentary on television and literature, along with advice about what to watch or what to read. The second half contains humorous musings on

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    • Feb 1, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2009


    Scrubs is back on television, but on a different network; Christopher Buckley's "Supreme Courtship" is found to be uninteresting; and the difference between a tourist and a visitor.

    Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2008


    The Screen Actors Guild might be going on strike, some thoughts about Eoin Colfer writing the 6th "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" novel, and I interview the winner of the Emmy Prediction Contest!

    Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2008


    30 Rock is back on TV, Catherine Coulter's "Tailspin" isn't flying steady, and it's hard to write your own novel!

    Minicast 1: Heroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2008


    The first of a series of mini-podcasts, or "minicasts". This minicast topic: The return of "Heroes"

    Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2008


    FOX's Fringe is a bit too far over the edge, A.J. Jacobs tries his hand at a "Year of Living Biblically", and the benefits of getting lost. Plus, enter the Emmy Contest!

    Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2008


    American Idol gets a 4th judge, what's coming up for fall TV, Wil Wheaton shows us that he's more than "Just a Geek", and when are you too old for birthday parties? Plus: An Emmy Contest!

    Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2008


    A look back at 2 weeks of Olympics coverage on NBC, John Grisham writes a legal thriller with heart in "The Street Lawyer", and the overuse of the word ironic. Now featuring iTunes searchability and art!Guardian Article: The Final Irony

    Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2008


    This week: Part 2 of the Emmy discussion, Anthony Bourdain talks about restaurants' dirty little secrets in "Kitchen Confidential", and the perils of furniture shopping with an engineer. Actually, the perils of shopping with engineers in general.

    Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2008


    The long-awaited Episode 2! Featuring Emmy nomination discussion, a look at Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash", and is it a bad thing to want to have minions?

    Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2008


    It's the first podcast! After the introductions, I talk about "Hell's Kitchen" on FOX, "Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War" by Howard Kurtz, and my problem with libraries. 

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