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.