Press, etc.

 

Following is a sampling of press coverage Merle has been getting.  (Articles originally in languages other than English are linked via Google Translate.)


FEATuRED BROADCASTS AND ARTICLES

selected OTHER coverage of merle’s songs

TV broadcasts:  PBS NewsHour (broadcasted January, 2010: “Inflation or Deflation?);  PBS NewsHour (February, 2010: “Serfdom USA” and “Old Time Recession”); PBS NewsHour (July, 2010: “Greek Debt Song”).


Audio interviews: BBC World Service interview (September, 2010, starting at 9 min. 30 sec.); The Guardian podcast interview (October, 2010, starting at 15 minutes).


Web interview:  PBS NewsHour (2010).


Background articles: Nashville Business Journal (2009), The New York Times (2007) and USA Today (2007). 

AEA 2010:  Merle made a rare, live appearance at the Humor Session of the American Economic Association convention in Atlanta on Sunday, January 3, 2010.  He was joined by Yoram Bauman, Jodi Beggs, and Hugo Mialon.  This event was covered by the  PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.