http://statenews.com Columnists from The State News Opinion Desk exchange feelings, thoughts and ideas on the week's top national and local news events. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 2009 The State News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:12 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com Columnists from The State News Opinion Desk exchange feelings, thoughts and ideas on the week's top national and local news events. no The State News webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/59/35989_OpinionPodcast.mp3 This week the Opinion podcast veers dangerously close to Features territory, but nobody’s listening, so it doesn’t really matter anyway. The panel looks at the fear surrounding the year 2012 and comes to the realization that Roland Emmerich doesn’t really make great movies. Might include a bonus religious discussion! Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:54 -0500 The State News 6:55 This week the Opinion podcast veers dangerously close to Features territory, but nobody’s listening, so it doesn’t really matter anyway. The panel looks at the fear surrounding the year 2012 and comes to the realization that Roland Emmerich doesn’t really make great movies. Might include a bonus religious discussion! http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/57/35794_oppc110609.mp3 Sickness ravages The State News, and the opinion podcast dissects the situation. It’s a surprisingly serious take on the topic. At least it is until the pig movies start flying. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:01:56 -0500 The State News 6:28 Sickness ravages The State News, and the opinion podcast dissects the situation. It’s a surprisingly serious take on the topic. At least it is until the pig movies start flying. http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/56/35659_oppc103009.mp3 The State News Opinion podcast stars Count Dracula and is produced by Dan Faas with assistance from Ursula Zerilli. This week’s guests include Anne O’Dell, Kate Jacobson and Whitney Gronski. Listen carefully for a special guest appearance by the Mummy! The podcast is not recorded in front of a live studio audience. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:14:22 -0400 The State News 6:44 The State News Opinion podcast stars Count Dracula and is produced by Dan Faas with assistance from Ursula Zerilli. This week’s guests include Anne O’Dell, Kate Jacobson and Whitney Gronski. Listen carefully for a special guest appearance by the Mummy! The podcast is not recorded in front of a live studio audience. http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/54/35484_oppc1022.mp3 This week, the podcast looks at the timeless tale of the Balloon Boy. Can any new material be mined from that story? Probably not, but that won’t stop us. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:44:18 -0400 The State News 8:18 This week, the podcast looks at the timeless tale of the Balloon Boy. Can any new material be mined from that story? Probably not, but that won’t stop us. http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/53/35342_oppc101609.mp3 What does it sound like when people just give up? Maybe a little something like this week’s State News opinion podcast. In desperate need for some caffeine, this week they ramble on and on about the Homecoming parade. It’s a celebration of nonsense and random Kate Jacobson stories. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:54:16 -0400 The State News 6:48 What does it sound like when people just give up? Maybe a little something like this week’s State News opinion podcast. In desperate need for some caffeine, this week they ramble on and on about the Homecoming parade. It’s a celebration of nonsense and random Kate Jacobson stories. http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/52/35203_oppc100809.mp3 It’s another week, and that means another opinion podcast, continuing on its effort to immortalize the trivial. At this point you’re either onboard, or you’re not, and if you’re not we don’t care about you. Go listen to the sports podcast. They respect you over there. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:13:26 -0400 The State News 8:33 It’s another week, and that means another opinion podcast, continuing on its effort to immortalize the trivial. At this point you’re either onboard, or you’re not, and if you’re not we don’t care about you. Go listen to the sports podcast. They respect you over there. http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/47/34707_oppc911.mp3 This week, the editorial board looks at the Wells Hall preachers. Are they good? Are they bad? What do they teach us about our own sexuality? Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:24:37 -0400 The State News 8:20 This week, the editorial board looks at the Wells Hall preachers. Are they good? Are they bad? What do they teach us about our own sexuality? http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/62/36215_oppc1120.mp3 On a stressful day at The State News, the opinion podcast goes for a low-key conversation about everyone’s favorite frozen waffle. There’s an Eggo shortage going on. How are college students to survive? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:40 -0500 The State News 5:48 On a stressful day at The State News, the opinion podcast goes for a low-key conversation about everyone’s favorite frozen waffle. There’s an Eggo shortage going on. How are college students to survive? http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/50/35052_oppc1001.mp3 Now, I could tell you what the State News opinion podcast talked about this week, but since nobody listens to them, it doesn’t really matter. Let it just be said that mirth was had, and the whole thing takes a left turn about halfway through. Come witness the ongoing train wreck! Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:02:09 -0400 The State News 6:35 Now, I could tell you what the State News opinion podcast talked about this week, but since nobody listens to them, it doesn’t really matter. Let it just be said that mirth was had, and the whole thing takes a left turn about halfway through. Come witness the ongoing train wreck! http://statenews.com/media/00/00/03/49/34926_oppc092409.mp3 The State News opinion podcast continues its downward trajectory this week as it talks about, well, quite a bit. Listen this week to find the answer to both who the coolest president is/was, as well as whether the moon really needs an alternative newspaper. We just found water there, after all. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:02:30 -0400 The State News 9:08 The State News opinion podcast continues its downward trajectory this week as it talks about, well, quite a bit. Listen this week to find the answer to both who the coolest president is/was, as well as whether the moon really needs an alternative newspaper. We just found water there, after all.