Sunday, February 5, 2012

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PODCAST: Dog Days (Feb. 5)

By on February 5, 2012

Editor’s note: Each week Sports Editor Ryan Black will discuss with a special guest the state of University sports, as well as other key events in the sporting realm.  This week, Ryan welcomes Matt Cianfrone, a senior journalism major from Dunellen, N.J. (And for the sake of full disclosure, Cianfrone is also Black’s roommate). The [...]

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PODCAST: About last night… (Feb. 4)

By on February 4, 2012

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. On deck for the [...]

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PODCAST: Dog Days Jan. 29

By on January 29, 2012

Editor’s note: Each week Sports Editor Ryan Black will discuss with a special guest the state of University sports, as well as other key events in the sporting realm.  This week, Ryan welcomes Fletcher Page, a former sports writer at The Red & Black who works for Scout.com’s Dawg Post website as well as CBS Sports. The [...]

PODCAST: About last night… (Jan. 30)

By on January 29, 2012

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. On deck for the [...]

Sports Podcast: Jan. 22

By on January 22, 2012

Editor’s note: Another new addition has arrived to the sports section in the form of podcasting.  Each week Sports Editor Ryan Black will discuss with a special guest the state of University sports, as well as other key events in the sporting realm.  For the first issue Ryan sits down with WUOG Sports Director David [...]

PODCAST: About last night… (Jan. 21)

By on January 21, 2012

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. On deck for the [...]

PODCAST: About last night… (Jan. 14)

By on January 14, 2012

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. On deck for the [...]

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Larry Munson, voice of the Bulldogs for decades, dies at 89 (w/audio)

By on November 20, 2011

Larry Munson, whose authoritative voice and momentous radio calls helped define the Georgia Bulldogs for more than four decades, died at his Athens home Sunday night with complications from pneumonia according to his son, Michael. He was 89. The legendary play-by-play announcer began broadcasting Bulldog games in 1966 and remained in that post until 2008 [...]

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David Sedaris comes to Athens armed with animal tales (w/audio)

By on October 31, 2011

For David Sedaris, fact isn’t stranger than fiction — they’re intertwined. The Raleigh, N.C. storyteller is famous for personal essays that combine biting sarcasm with absurd musings. But in “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk,” his latest work, it’s nameless animals, not himself, who take the narrative spotlight. And allowing characters to be simply Dog or Cat or [...]

NPR Marketplace broadcasts live from WUGA station in Athens, discusses Greek debt crisis (w/audio)

By on October 25, 2011

Monday night WUGA hosted Kai Ryssdal and his “Marketplace” team for a live broadcast of a national radio favorite. “Marketplace” is a show produced and distributed by American Public Media in association with the University of Southern California, which aims to approach business and economic subjects from a creative perspective to make them more interesting [...]