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The Big Broadcast: January 22, 2012

January 22, 2012
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    04/09/61 #735 The Captain's Table Matter (Multi-Sponsored) (CBS) (23:22)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    01/12/50 #033 Big Man Pt. 01 (NBC) (27:12)
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    04/18/53 #052 Bum's Rush (Sus.) (CBS) (29:42)
  • 08:30 p.m. Father Knows Best
    09/14/50 The Family Car is Stolen (Maxwell House) (NBC) (29:24)
  • 09:00 p.m. Nick Carter
    08/02/43 The Echo of Death (Sus.) (MBS) (29:32)
  • 09:30 p.m. Frontier Gentlemen
    03/23/48 #08 The Actress (Sus.) (CBS) (24:30)
  • 10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
    12/02/40 #284 Knute Rockne w/Pat O'Brien and Fay Wray (Lux) (CBS) (59:26)

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 Diary, Day 7: The Blame Game

New polling shows that both parties are taking a hit over the shutdown, but Republicans are bearing the brunt of the blame from the American public.

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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