Listening ideas for 1 May 2011

The Invisible Hand
Overconnected
Overconnected: Chris Gondek interviews Bill Davidow about the negative aspects of being overconnected on the internet.
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Tapestry
Lighten Up
Laughing and praying don't often go hand in hand. It seems that somewhere throughout the long march of time, levity has been leached out of religion. We'll hear from Susan Sparks, a Baptist minister who's also a stand-up comic, about why she's on a mission of mirth. And Mark Simpson talks about his book, The Gospel According to the Simpsons.
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Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
Social, Religious, and Burial Activities of Associations
Here I explore the internal activities of associations, pointing to intertwined social, religious, and burial purposes that these groups served for their members. We take a close look at one particular association devoted to the god Zeus and the goddess Agdistis at Philadelphia in Asia Minor (LSAM 20). This is part of series 6 (Associations in the Greco-Roman World) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.
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Veertien Achttien
Robert Nivelle
Vijf maanden maar heeft Robert Nivelle aan het westelijk front op de bok mogen zitten; vijf maanden, waarin zijn koets in het spoor geraakte van Adélaïde noch Victoire.
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