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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.
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Glass hopes the low threshold for giving could get more listeners to become donors.
NPR, WNYC, WBEZ and This American Life teamed up to make the deal.
Men have spoken nearly two-thirds of the words on ‘This American Life,’ according to a study by The Pudding.
Other winners include “This American Life” and ProPublica.
The debut podcast “S-Town” will be released next month.
The station’s general manager was trying to force a big conversation that he thought the system needed to have.
“Considerable listener feedback” caused station leaders to keep the show on its air.
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.
Host Ira Glass replied to a LinkedIn post about the decision.