Development
New pledge drive spots from Ira Glass pitch listeners on $1-a-month memberships
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Glass hopes the low threshold for giving could get more listeners to become donors.
Programs/Content
Public radio organizations partner to acquire podcast app
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NPR, WNYC, WBEZ and This American Life teamed up to make the deal.
Quick Takes
This Dude’s Life: Analysis finds ‘TAL’ gender gap
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Men have spoken nearly two-thirds of the words on ‘This American Life,’ according to a study by The Pudding.
Quick Takes
APM, NPR among winners for radio, podcast and web Peabody Awards
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Other winners include “This American Life” and ProPublica.
Quick Takes
‘Serial’ creators announce new podcast, production company
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The debut podcast “S-Town” will be released next month.
System/Policy
Why it’s good that WBAA decided to drop ‘This American Life’ (and then didn’t)
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The station’s general manager was trying to force a big conversation that he thought the system needed to have.
Ira Glass
WBAA reverses decision to cancel ‘This American Life’
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“Considerable listener feedback” caused station leaders to keep the show on its air.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #65: Where the bleeps and bloops come from, live at The Greene Space
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If you’ve ever heard some digital slurp, bloop or BOOM in a radio story and thought “How’d they make that?”, listen to this episode of The Pub to find out.
Featured in Category
Indiana station to cut ‘This American Life’ in response to Pandora deal
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Host Ira Glass replied to a LinkedIn post about the decision.
Quick Takes
Knight Prototype Fund supports INN, ‘This American Life’ projects
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Each grantee will receive $35,000.
Programs/Content
‘This American Life’ episode on school segregation wins Polk Award
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ProPublica and The Marshall Project also received an award for their joint reporting project.
Programs/Content
Tips from Ira Glass on making better radio
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From the early days of This American Life, the show’s creator offers a peek into its approach to storytelling.
Programs/Content
Second season of ‘Serial’ drops
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After much anticipation, a new episode of the podcast is in fans’ feeds.
Programs/Content
‘Serial,’ ‘This American Life’ to appear on Pandora
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Pandora will not be the exclusive home of the show, as a report suggested.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #42: This American Life’s Stephanie Foo on how to fix public radio’s whiteness problem
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Foo talks about her frank and funny manifesto for Transom, “What To Do If Your Workplace Is Too White.”
Programs/Content
Ira Glass: ‘The main thing I’m doing still is radio’
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Despite having a new company, 80 percent of Glass’s time will be spent on editorial work.
Quick Takes
Ira Glass starts own company for ‘This American Life,’ ‘Serial’
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This American Life host and creator Ira Glass has acquired full ownership of the show, breaking away from his longtime home at Chicago Public Media.
Podcasting
PodScanning: Station tackles culture wars with new podcast
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting hopes to attract a national audience with its new program, Gimlet releases its third show, and more podcasting news.
Quick Takes
Researchers question study featured on This American Life
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The study was reported during an April episode on changing minds.
Development
Ira Glass: Public radio can capitalize on its popularity without selling out its mission
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In a commentary, the This American Life creator elaborates on his claim that “public radio is ready for capitalism.”