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.”
Programs/Content
This American Life story prompts $5M lawsuit over 1994 false confession
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A This American Life story may help a woman prove that Washington, D.C., police violated her civil rights when a detective obtained a false confession from her 18 years ago. Kim Crafton filed a lawsuit Sept. 3 against the Washington Metropolitan Police over the 1994 incident, which became the subject of an October 2013 TAL story. The report featured D.C. Officer James Trainum, who had interrogated Crafton, discussing what led to the false confession in her case. In February 1994, Crafton, who was 19 at the time, confessed to killing D.C. resident Lawrence O’Connell.