June 2010
17 posts
Word of the day
“Corpsing”: the act of breaking into hysterical laughter while onstage or on camera.
London-born intern Adam swears this is a real thing, and since it even has its own Wikipedia entry, we’ll have to believe him. The most famous example of corpsing apparently involves cricket — we’d expect nothing less from our neighbors across the pond.
Our blog runneth over
Haven’t checked out our award-winning* blog yet? Well, what are you waiting for? Here’s a taste of what awaits you on the official IE3D site:
- An eloquent introduction to our project, courtesy of IE Executive Producer Annie Ropeik.
- A picture of Twihards camping out… in the third dimension!
- An interview with Jennifer Longmire-Wright of Tell Me More, who tells intern Amy Ta...
“Hugh Tip from the Trial Conquest.”
– Embarrassing transcript mistake from the blog that must be preserved before deletion.
Intern sneaks on air →
Priska comes in at around 3:20.
IE3D: Intern Edition Summer 2010 →
This is probably why Twitter is over capacity.
“See you there - because when’s the last time you danced to Nelly’s...”
– Zishan on the interns’ field trip to the Wonderland Ballroom this Saturday. (See you there!)
“Singin’ in the Rainman, Dr. DooLittle Women, My Left Footloose, Das...”
– Movie portmanteaus courtesy of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, who just performed on Talk of the Nation.
The few, the proud
NPR’s quarterly all-staff meeting is happening right now. Though we could only stay for the first half-hour, that was long enough to learn a fun, intern-related fact, courtesy of CEO Vivian Schiller.
There are 82 interns total working at various NPR outposts across the country this summer. Over 17 times that many people — 1463, to be precise — applied for internships. That...
“I measure everything in fruit. Like, I can’t take the metro today,...”
– Miriam on intern currency
Business casual
Just discovered a half-empty six-pack of Blue Moon in the 5th floor fridge at HQ. Gotta love this workplace. -Annie
Goooooooooooooooooooal! →
“Everything’s coming up interns.”
– Hillary
While you wait... →
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