CBS, NBC and ABC Sunday News Shows

Do you sometimes shape your Sunday schedule to watch NBC's Meet the Press, ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos or CBS' Face The Nation?

Just as podcasts can free you from listening to favorite radio shows at pre-set times, now you can watch -- well, at least listen -- to these shows on your own schedule.

No, you can't see the talking heads. If you need to watch lips moving, you'll have to continue watching these shows on tv. Otherwise, subscribe to the podcasts.

Here are the links to these podcasts:

Meet the Press

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

CBS' Face The Nation

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Movie Houds Listen Up

Think about it. Where would the most in-depth radio show about movies originate? Hollywood, or there abouts, of course. How about Santa Monica?

The Treatment, produced at the public radio station KCRW, is hosted by Elvis Mitchell. You've probably heard his reviews on NPR. But The Treatment includes no film reviews. Mitchell uses the 30-minute show to talk about a single film with the filmmakers. There isn't anything else like it on the air.

The most recent podcast is about a movie I'd never heard of, On the Outs, though it's won awards at film festivals around the world.

The New York Times review (registration required) describes the film this way: "The movie, directed by Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik, is based on actual case studies of young women who spent time in the Jersey City juvenile detention center. Much of the dialogue was developed through group improvisation by an ensemble playing characters who seem as real as if they had been approached on the street by a cinematographer and told to go on being themselves."

If you listen to the show, you'll want to see the movie.

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