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Food Gifts Your Friends Will Eat Up
The holidays are upon us. If your friends or family love food as much as we do, you might want to consider some really cool gift options that everyone will want to eat up. Takeaway food contributor...
View ArticleTakeouts: Blackberry, Pricing Partridges, Sports Gifts
Tech Takeout: New York Times tech reporter Nick Bilton explains the implications of Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion having had a second major email and internet outage in recent...
View ArticleTakeouts: President's Vacation, Amazon's Kindle, Colts' Loss
Washington Takeout: President Obama isn't getting much of a vacation, reports Julie Mason, White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner, since a Nigerian-born man allegedly tried to detonate a...
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The Best Books of 2010 for the Gift-Giving Season
The holiday season is approaching quickly, and if you’re like millions of other Americans, books will be on your to-give list. What books should you be giving? Which books are most likely to be...
View ArticleHanukkah Gift Giving Strategies
Listeners call in to share their own gift-giving strategies for the eight-night celebration.
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What To Give (And Not To Give): NY Public Radio Hosts Weigh In
Still stumped on what to give this year? We asked a few of our favorite New York Public Radio personalities for their suggestions.What present will you be giving this year? "My extended family and I...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: Experience Gifts
In another installment of our group-created Holiday Gift Guide, we open the phones for your ideas on the best experience gifts, from a lesson in cheese making to tango classes.
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: The Gift that Changed Your Life
In another installment of our Holiday Gift Guide, we open the phones for the gift that changed your life - and maybe that will give others ideas about meaningful gifts to give.
View ArticleThe Gift of Books
Julie Bosman, New York Times reporter who covers the book publishing industry, discusses how e-book sales compare to physical book sales this holiday season - and if giving an e-book has the same...
View ArticleVote on the Worst-Ever Valentine’s Day Gift! (And make Faith bake you a cake!)
RelationShow’s Gideon Evans ferrets out the very worst Valentine’s Day gifts in all of romantic-dom. For starters, meet the woman whose boyfriend gave her a scale (hey, at least it was digital!) and...
View ArticleHave a Very Homo Economicus Christmas
Who better than an economist to help with your shopping list?
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Operation Santa Celebrates 100th Year with Low Numbers
It’s the 100th year that the main post office in Manhattan has responded to letters addressed, “Dear Santa.” On Christmas Eve at the James Farley Post Office elves busily replied to letters and sent...
View ArticleCelebrity Stories of Gift Giving
We have asked some of our favorite guests from the past few weeks about the best gifts they have ever given, and the best gifts they have received. From actors Ed Burns and Brian Cox to singers Olivia...
View ArticleDecember 25, 2012
A Christmas Miracle: Donations from Strangers who Saved a Child | Deconstructing the Christmas Gift | Listeners' Most Meaningful Gifts | Celebrity Stories of Gift Giving | George Takei: Christmas at a...
View ArticleListeners' Most Meaningful Gifts
'Tis the season for gift giving, and The Takeaway asked you -- our listeners -- to tell us about the most meaningful present you ever received.For a listener from Lubbock, Texas, the best gift he's...
View ArticleGeorge Takei: Christmas at a Japanese Internment Camp
For George Takei, gift giving will always be associated with something that was taken away from him as a child.The actor, activist, and author is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: Sound Effects on the BL Show
On Wednesday's Brian Lehrer Show, Brian "opened" some holiday presents on the air. Here's video of the sound effects in action -- that's producer Jody Avirgan making the noises.Here's the audio:
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What To Give (And Not To Give): NY Public Radio Hosts Weigh In
Still stumped on what to give this year? We asked a few of our favorite New York Public Radio personalities for their suggestions.What present will you be giving this year? "My extended family and I...
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Operation Santa Celebrates 100th Year with Low Numbers
It’s the 100th year that the main post office in Manhattan has responded to letters addressed, “Dear Santa.” On Christmas Eve at the James Farley Post Office elves busily replied to letters and sent...
View ArticleYou Shouldn't Have: Philip Galanes on Gift Giving and Receiving
New York Times Social Q’s columnist Philip Galanes offers advice on gifting during the holiday season, including how to graciously give and receive presents. Galanes is the author of Social Q's: How to...
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