Each year college students and their parents face many hefty expenses, including the high cost of textbooks. Cal Tech economics professor
R. Preston McAfee says college texts are not only too expensive but too general. That's why he's challenging the traditional economics of the textbook publishing industry with a free textbook of his own.
There's way too much audio in the world to catch everything that comes out of your clock radio. Public Radio Redux shines a spotlight on stories that makes you turn and look at your speakers. It's a curated list, a place to make comments, and a blog about making radio. Consider it the espresso in your daily public radio fix.
Public Radio Redux was started by two friends who bonded over the joys and pain of making radio. Jen Nathan and Erin Mishkin met at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies and quickly bonded over a shared love of podcasts and bloody marys. Rather than boring their friends with another unrehearsed live re-enactment of their favorite radio shows, they started this blog.