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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    It’s Time to Have a Cow, Man

    On our weekly TV roundup: TV channel FXX is airing all 552 episodes of The Simpsons in a 288-hour, 12-day marathon that starts on Thursday. Outlander and HBO’s The Leftovers have been renewed. And what are the Creative Arts Emmys, and why did Bill Maher’s show win one?

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Aug 18, 2014 • 1 min read

    On our weekly TV roundup: TV channel FXX is airing all 552 episodes of The Simpsons in a 288-hour, 12-day marathon that starts on Thursday. Outlander and HBO’s The Leftovers have been renewed. And what are the Creative Arts Emmys, and why did Bill Maher’s show win one?

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    4. 25:12Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    A Civil Rights Generation Gap, Unregulated Food and More
    1. 0:00Ferguson and the Civil Rights Generation Divide
    2. 8:14Officer Body Cams
    3. 16:42It’s Time to Have a Cow, ManYou’re reading this
    4. 25:12Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
    5. 41:06Are New Chemical Food Additives Safe?
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