Boing Boing on the radio: Xeni's weekly web roundup on KCRW's “Press Play“

Xeni Jardin 11:35 am Fri Feb 20, 2015

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I'm excited to share that I'll be joining my longtime public radio friend Madeleine Brand as a regular guest on her KCRW news program, “Press Play.”

Each Thursday, we'll review some of the most interesting stories we're following here on Boing Boing.

Listen to this week's edition here.

For Feb. 19, 2015:

Photoshop turns 25 years old today, and in the last quarter of a decade, the word “Photoshop” has taken on a meaning much bigger than the product itself. It’s one of those brand names that’s become a common verb — and a topic of debate. What are the ethics of Photoshop? What role, if any, should it play in photojournalism? And how has Photoshop — and the magazines that use it — created unrealistic expectations of beauty? We talk about this and other web-related stories in our weekly Internet roundup.

Listen: Press Play with Madeleine Brand, Feb. 19, 2015 [kcrw.org]

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