He is actually one of the people in Hollywood trying to make a difference in how minorities are represented on the small screen. But Ridley's real love is writing about Hollywood in the hard-boiled noir genre. Reality is, he says, so less interesting than the silver screen. They also discuss All Songs Considered, NPR's first Web-only music program. Because many universities have high-speed access to the Internet, they've become hotbeds of MP3 activity.
Students can get the latest songs or their favorite oldies for free off the Internet.
NPR's Guy Raz visited the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. NPR's Margot Adler reports on the opening next week of The Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. But then he takes the show dog for a walk and it instantly proves to be popular, forcing Kling to reconsider. Kling finds himself suddenly enthusiastic about dog shows and the history of breeding.