AmandaBecker
I'm a graduate student in USC's journalism program, I'm also excited to be a Student Executive Producer for Current this semester!
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- 7 contributions, 1 original video, 2 commenter kudos, 45 responses
activity // AmandaBecker
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Check out AmandaBecker's comments on "India:Your Call" -- then watch the pod: http://current.com/items/85697101_india_your_call more-
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- was credited in this 18 days ago
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With rising energy prices and increasing emphasis on walkable urbanism, the suburbs are losing popularity. In fact, some speculate that the suburbs will be the future slums, a transformation that is... more-
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- responded 26 days ago
This Marketplace report confirms the Atlantic predictions -- even creditworthy borrower's are having trouble getting mortgages in areas lenders deems to be bad investments,... more7 other responses to this -
One of Presidential hopeful Barack Obama's most outspoken group of supports - young people - are influencing their parents with pleas to vote for Obama. And parents, seeing reflections of their... more-
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- added this 26 days ago
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Ominvore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan asks, in The New York Times, "How did it come to pass that virtue — a quality that for most of history has generally been deemed, well, a virtue — became a... more-
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- added this 26 days ago
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Back in college, Aaron was your average frat boy. Then he went to Israel to find himself -- and he found... a wife. more-
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- responded 1 month ago
Best part of this pod: The mom raising her eyebrows as the father talked. Catching something like that on film is just golden, it says so much more than words ever could and... more27 other responses to this -
They warn you about waking up with someone you don't know after a night of hard drinking, but what about a box from your favorite online store? more-
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- greenlight given 1 month ago
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An interesting look at how mass deportations in the 1980s helped the MS-13, one of LA's most violent gangs, grow from street-level hoodlums to an international crime ring. And how it could happen... more-
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- added this 1 month ago
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If they get rid of taco trucks, the dining scene in LA will take a huge hit. This is the ONE thing LA manages to do better than NY, don't take it away!!! more-
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- added this 1 month ago
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California is currently facing a huge budgetary crisis. Although all state departments are being asked to cut 10% from their annual budget, for the California State Park system, these cuts are... more-
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- responded 1 month ago
Great improvements since the last cut! I agree that you need some sort of music to tie the different portions of the pod together, without it, it kind of feels like 3... more4 other responses to this -
How people are preparing for worldwide chaos. In case that Ted Turner cannabalism prediction turns into reality... learn how to "dine on rats and dogs in the event of disaster" in the NYT style... more-
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- added this 1 month ago
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- Current Project:
- Completing my Master's - Spring 2008!
- Current Gig:
- Student Executive Producer, Current TV
- Favorite Movies:
- Squid and the Whale. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Rushmore. Royal Tennenbaums.
- Favorite TV Shows:
- The Wire. Hands down the best drama that's ever been on television.