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Newspaper Readers and Web Surfers Face Off in a Podcast

By Tim Egan, Michael Kinsley, Michael Newman, Seth Stevenson, Sam How Verhovek, and Emily Yoffe
Posted Friday, July 24, 2009, at 10:16 AM ET

After two days trading opinions, impressions, and mild criticisms online, Slate's team of news-consuming guinea pigs tries to hash things out in the recording studio. Tim Egan, Michael Kinsley, Michael Newman, Seth Stevenson, Sam How Verhovek, and Emily Yoffe talk about the difference between news on the Web and news in a newspaper.

To listen to the podcast, which was recorded Thursday, click on the player below. You can also download the MP3 here.

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Posted Friday, July 24, 2009, at 10:16 AM ET
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Tim Egan, the author of The Good Rain, reports for the New York Times from Seattle. Michael Kinsley is a columnist for the Washington Post and the founding editor of Slate. Michael Newman is Slate's politics editor. Seth Stevenson is a frequent contributor to Slate. He is the author of Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World. Sam Howe Verhovek, a former national reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times, is writing a book about the first generation of jet airliners. Emily Yoffe is the author of What the Dog Did: Tales From a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner. You can send your Human Guinea Pig suggestions or comments to .
Illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty.
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