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The Big Broadcast: Aug. 25, 2013

August 25, 2013
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    03/30/56 Lamar Matter Pt. 5 (Sus.) (CBS) (14:40)
  • 07:15 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    04/02/56 Salt City Matter Pt. 1 (Sus.) (CBS) (14:30)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    11/01/51 #125 Big Lease (NBC) (26:12)
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    11/20/54 #136 How to Kill a Woman (CBS) (26:52)
  • 08:30 p.m. Lone Ranger
    12/21/42 #1547/760 Law Of The Apex (Regional Sponsors) (MBS) (26:36)
  • 09:00 p.m. Aldrich Family
    02/20/40 Raising Rabbits & Pigeons (Jello) (NBC) (29:30)
  • 09:30 p.m.  New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    09/17/45 #184 The Case of the Out of Date Murderer (Petrie Wines) (MBS) (28:30)
  • 10:00 p.m. Screen Director's Playhouse
    04/05/51 The Damned Don’t Cry (RCA/Anacin) (NBC) (58:32)

Arts & Culture

NPR

George R.R. Martin, Author And ... Movie-Theater Guy?

The author of the wildly successful Game of Thrones books has been spending his days working on reopening an old movie theater in Santa Fe — much to the displeasure of fans who think he should be writing the next book.

Food

NPR

Sandwich Monday: The Limited Edition Candy Corn Oreo

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a new take on the classic sandwich cookie: the Limited Edition Candy Corn Oreo.

Politics

NPR

Shutdown Voting Math Fails To Add Up

Several media tallies report there are enough votes to pass a "clean" spending bill. But vote counts by media organizations aren't the most reliable way to gauge the prospects of legislation.

Technology

NPR

Funding For Software To Cloak Web Activity Provokes Concern

A service called Tor makes it possible to communicate and surf the web anonymously. It sounds like a plot by privacy-minded rebels, but in fact the service receives most of its funding from the government and was started by the Pentagon. Despite recent revelations of government email snooping, the U.S. government supports anonymous communication so foreign dissidents can work undetected, and so government agents can pursue bad guys without giving away their identities. But now the service faces new accusations that it might be serving NSA surveillance efforts.

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