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The Middle Distance, 11/2/12: On The Worrying End

On November 1, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn wonders where to best place her worry during the Frankenstorm.

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The Middle Distance 10/26/12: Doin’ the Math

On October 26, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn embraces the obsessive mathematics of aging.

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The Denver City Battery with their Gatling Guns, December 1896. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 257-7892.

The Middle Distance, 10/19/12: The Things We Don’t Want to Talk About

On October 18, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn tugs at the long tail of gun violence and its current literature.

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“At Prayer? by Myron Wood, November 1965. Copyright Pikes Peak Library District, courtesy of Special Collections. Image Number: 002-5960.

The Middle Distance, 10/12/12: The Struggle for Faith

On October 12, 2012 By

In this week’s Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn ruminates on the struggle for faith.

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Big Something intern Jake Brownell and his sister posing in front of a Christmas tree. Present in Jake's thoughts are Ja Rule, Eminem and Tupac Shakur, of course.

Confessions of a Prepubescent Suburban Rap Enthusiast

On October 9, 2012 By

We recently uncovered some shocking information regarding Big Something intern and recent Colorado College graduate, Jake Brownell. It turns out that the young man we know as an earnest, polite and responsible member of the community spent his youth as a gangster rapper. Well, perhaps gangster is a little hyperbolic, but he did cut a [...]

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The Middle Distance, 10/5/12: October Light

On October 5, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn gathers seeds from her garden and remembers the autumn of her twins’ birth.

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The Middle Distance, 9/28/12: A Hand for Farmer Dan

On September 28, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn celebrates locavore and farmer Dan Hobbs on the occasion of his Palmer Land Trust Conservation Award.

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"Halloween Celebrants" by Stan Payne, October 30, 1953. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 004-10648.

The Middle Distance, 9/21/12: The Season of Disappearing

On September 21, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn sees her late sister through the eyes of a ghost costume.

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[Unidentified School], date and photographer unknown. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 001-2429.

The Middle Distance, 9/14/12: Back to School

On September 14, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn walks back into her second grade classroom.

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The Middle Distance, 9/7/12: Embarrassing to Remember

On September 7, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn unearths a moment in civil rights history that happened right under her nose.

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The Middle Distance 8/31/12: Toy Camera

On August 31, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn looks through the blurry lens of a toy camera into the past.

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The Middle Distance, 8/24/12: May You Always Be

On August 23, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn stares into the eyes of a toothless flasher in a dirty raincoat.

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Children playing jump rope in the Children's Folklore Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida, State Archives of Florida, Floriday Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/110365.

The Middle Distance 8/17/12: Barefooter

On August 17, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn spreads her toes across years of shoeless memories.

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The Middle Distance 8.10.12: Memory of a Fantasy

On August 10, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn ties two summer films together with the unlikely string of far-fetched fantasy.

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The Middle Distance 8/3/12: What Was I Thinking

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(Cybil Shepherd, center, after winning the Miss Teenage Mephmis Pageant in 1966)

The Middle Distance 8.5.11: What Was I Thinking?

What was I thinking? I was 15 years old and had moved with my family from the small town of Jackson to the big city of Memphis. I didn’t know anyone, [...]

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The Middle Distance, 7/27/12: Foot-Shuffling Days

On July 27, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn commemorates the 5th anniversary of her son’s death in the wake a summer of difficult news.

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The Middle Distance 7/20/12: The Costs of Secrecy

On July 20, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn’s 100th column for KRCC’s The Big Something, she looks at a new book that examines the long term physical and psychic costs of Rocky Flats.

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"Children at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind" by Harry L. Standley, 1927. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 102-4798.

The Middle Distance, 7/13/12: The Parentless Days of Summer

On July 13, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn recalls the joys and dangers inherent in the summertime of her youth.

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[Grazing Deer] by Myron Wood, April 1965. Image Number: 002-1255.

The Middle Distance, 7/6/12: From the Fire

On July 6, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn finds more than smoke in the fire.

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The Middle Distance, 6/29/12: Under the Weather

On June 29, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn takes us inside the pages of a near future that looks a lot like the smoldering West outside our windows.

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"Mary Horada Fruit Stand, Swink" by Myron Wood, October 1973. Copyright Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 002-3032.

The Middle Distance, 6/22/12: Beans and Peas

On June 22, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn dispels some common myths about southern cooking.

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The Middle Distance, 6/15/12: A Long Time Coming

On June 15, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn returns to her mother’s home in Galveston and the far side of change.

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"Memphis Band and Orchestra," date and photographer unknown. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 102-11388.

The Middle Distance, 6/8/12: Down Home

On June 8, 2012 By

In this week’s episode of The Middle Distance, Kathryn Eastburn continues her summer road trip home to Memphis and through the south.

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News

Jury Deadlocks On Jodi Arias Sentencing
May 23, 2013 | NPR · The jury that convicted her of first-degree murder earlier this month in the brutal killing of her ex-boyfriend were unable to decide whether to give the death penalty.
 

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Evolution Saves Cockroaches From Taking The Bait
May 23, 2013 | NPR · A new study unravels the mystery of a peculiar transformation: sometime in the 1990s, the insects developed a sudden aversion to sweet-tasting poisons.
 

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Srinivasan’s Confirmation First For D.C. Circuit In 7 Years
May 23, 2013 | NPR · The partisan war over judicial nominees has accelerated in recent years. It took nearly a year to win Senate confirmation for Sri Srinivasan to the important federal appeals court for the District of Columbia, though he had no formal opposition.
 

Arts & Life

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‘Fast 6′: Silly, Speedy, And Certain To Cash In
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Fast 6 pits Dominic’s crew against a wily terrorist in a high-tech battle royale — but it has a devil of a time explaining why everyone should hop into their cars.
 

Laemmle Zeller Films
‘Plimpton!’: A Fond Look At A Man Of Letters
May 23, 2013 | NPR · An affectionate documentary portrays the Paris Review founder as a man devoted to illuminating how talent and creativity work — both for himself, and for the rest of us.
 

Sony Pictures Classics
More Time Together, Though ‘Midnight’ Looms
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke return for the third in Richard Linklater’s loosely peerless Before series, and they’ve never been more persuasive — nor has the storytelling. (Recommended)
 

Music

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First Listen Live: Queens Of The Stone Age, ‘…Like Clockwork’
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Josh Homme presides over a dense, textured, unpredictable sound that’s equal parts mystery, intensity, beauty and bluster. Watch QOTSA perform …Like Clockwork in its entirety, then tackle an assortment of older material, in a sold-out show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 23.
 

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Duke Ellington: Highlights Of His Twilight
May 23, 2013 | WFIU · The great composer and bandleader was distraught over the 1967 death of Billy Strayhorn, his songwriting and arranging partner of 28 years. But Ellington took Strayhorn’s passing as an impetus, born of necessity, to increase his own productivity. Here are five examples.
 

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Boards Of Canada Share New Video, Song
May 23, 2013 | NPR · After weeks of anticipation and cryptic messages the Scottish electronic duo finally shares a new song, and an eerie video.
 

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