Thursday, November 19, 2009
You probably already know this, but Jonathan Goldstein, of “This American Life” fame, has his own radio show, “WireTap,” that runs on the CBC Radio One in Canada, and, via Public Radio International, several American public radio stations. It’s more or less like his stuff on “This American Life,” with his sense of humor shifting [...]
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Also tagged audio, audio production, CBC, Jonathan Goldstein, Love and Radio, MP3s, Nick Van Der Kolk, PRI, ringtones, sound, This American Life, Wiretap
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And this time, he’s wrangling a monkey. Particularly, a monkey in a sweatshirt. For real. This week’s “This American Life” is called No Map, and it’s about finding a way out of unprecedented situations. Really, Ira could have just played Squirrel Cop again. Instead, he brought the squirrel cop back for more. I want that [...]
I need to apologize to Brooke Gladstone for just one moment. It’s a little more than a week late, but if you’ll excuse me: Brooke, I’m sorry about that gushy voicemail I sent. Sort of. The sentiment behind it was sincere, if strong enough to be a little embarassing. Anyway, Kerry and I are both [...]
Filed in Local Stations, National Public Radio, On the Media, Public Radio International, The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, This American Life
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Also tagged Brooke Gladstone, Dan Pashman, Dan Savage, NYC, Starlee Kine, This American Life Live, WNYC
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One of the great joys of Monday mornings is listening to the new “This American Life” podcast. It tends to go well with my morning work routine. Today, though, I just couldn’t do it. Meaning, I listened to it, but tried not to listen too carefully. This week, TAL brought back Alex Blumberg and Adam [...]
Monday, September 15, 2008
I always listen to “This American Life” at work on Mondays. Because work on Mondays tends to be a little insane, the “TAL” podcast always lasts way longer than it should – I digest it slowly, in five-minute chunks. Anyway, today, I was removing some scam ads from the site while listening to this week’s [...]
Since Matthew and I couldn’t make it to the special showing of “This American Life” in movie theaters in cities all around the country (excluding mine, of course), we turn instead to our friend Shelley Powers for a review. She was able to attend a showing in Jackson, Miss. and graciously agreed to let us [...]
Tonight, in theaters all over the country, people are settling in to big, cushy theater seats to watch a live screening of This American Life. It’s going to be all of the heartbreaking, funny stories, some behind-the-scenes stuff from the show, and a Q&A with Ira Glass. Sounds great, right? It would be if we [...]
Driving to my parents’ home while listening to “All Things Considered,” I heard a couple stories that I wanted to write about for you guys. I even called Kerry and had her email me the stories I wanted to write about. I have just decided against them. I discovered “B-Side Radio,” another of the alt.NPR [...]
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Also tagged Adam West, Alt.NPR, Books, Fashion, Geeks, Literature, Mistakes, Panties, Podcasts
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Germans Love Us
I was browsing through our incoming links while my mom thought I was listening to her on the phone, and I noticed something odd. One of the links was in German. I’d been thinking about our audience lately, wondering who all reads. I wasn’t thinking they’d be German. Given that our topics (save when Kerry [...]