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The Big Broadcast: Oct. 13, 2013

October 13, 2013
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    04/20/56 Shepperd Matter Pt. 5 (Sus.) (CBS) (14:34)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    12/27/51 #133 Big Sorrow (NBC) (25:58)
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    01/15/55 #144 Chester's Murder (CBS) (26:38)
  • 08:30 p.m. Our Miss Brooks
    10/16/49 School Safety Advisor (Colgate) (CBS) (26:22)
  • 09:00 p.m. Suspense
    08/23/59 #816 Headshrinker (CBS) (19:08)
  • 09:30 p.m.  X Minus One
    11/23/55 #26 Zero Hour (Sus.) (NBC) (14:34)
  • 10:00 p.m. Biography in Sound
    02/28/56 Magnificent Rougue-The Adv. Of W.C. Fields (Sus.) (NBC) (52:16)

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

Undocumented Immigrants In Calif. Will Benefit From New Laws

The federal government remains shut down over a budget stalemate, but California's Gov. Jerry Brown decided not to wait for Congress to make decisions on the Gordian knot that is U.S. immigration policy.

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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