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The Big Broadcast: Oct. 20, 2013

October 20, 2013
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    4/30-5/01/56 Calliclese Matter Pts. 1-2 (Sus.) (CBS) (26:32)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    01/03/52 #134 Big Red Part 1 (NBC) (26:26)
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    01/22/55 #145 Sins of Our Fathers (CBS) (26:24)
  • 08:30 p.m. Halls of Ivy
    03/19/52 Oldest Living Graduate     (Equitable Life) (NBC/VOA) (25:08) 
  • 09:00 p.m. Frank Merriwell
    01/29/49 The Mystery of Green Hill (Sus.) (NBC) (29:28)
  • 09:30 p.m.  This is Your FBI
    02/21/47 Old Lady Larceny (Equitable Life) (ABC) (29:00)
  • 10:00 p.m. Tales Of The Texas Rangers:
    08/03/52 #90 Double-Edge (NBC) (29:52)
  • 10:30 p.m. Escape
    01/14/48 Leinengan vs. the Ants (Sus.) (CBS) (29:30)

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

In A Debt Crisis, U.S. May Have To Decide Payment Priorities

If Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. Treasury will be unable to pay creditors and the U.S. will be in default. Some argue Treasury could continue making "priority payments" designed to protect the nation's credit rating. Others say that could undermine the confidence in the U.S. to meet its obligations.

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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