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9/13/2008 3:30:09 PM

jesus

ten minutes in today and i already teared up

9/20/2008 1:12:45 PM

oh jesus christ

i just got blindsided by a crying point

9/20/2008 1:33:09 PM

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1240

Holy crap the third segment about the crazy neighbor is scary.

10/5/2008 3:56:19 PM

Yeah, that was a good one.

10/5/2008 7:12:59 PM

10/5/2008 7:12:59 PM

2 minute stories today. Perfect for my short attention span....

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mms://152.2.63.68/WUNC

12/13/2008 1:08:13 PM

so it's a hippie radio version of "Bart's People" right

12/13/2008 1:22:57 PM

I suppose the difference is subtle.
I absolutely hate those stupid "special interest" stories on network news.
lol, "Bart's People"

12/13/2008 1:30:04 PM

OMG this guy on the podcast just compared his diaries (where he writes down everything he did that day) to The Diary of Anne Frank and said his could be better because he went places like the zoo and California

1/5/2009 9:46:50 AM

^
yeah, and?

1/5/2009 9:55:39 AM

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"so it's a hippie radio version of "Bart's People" right"

Only replace Bart's voice with one even gayer. Which is remarkable, considering Bart is voiced by a woman.

1/5/2009 9:58:28 AM

^^it's a delusional thing to say

1/5/2009 10:50:51 AM

^
Yeah, but who said it? ...the subject of some story? ...what story? ...was the speaker reading some fiction over the air? ...was it a joke? etc.

You know, just repeating some offensive remarks out of context might lead others to think that TAL condones, endorses or supports such views and opinions.....that's all.

1/5/2009 11:05:11 AM

Back during the last begathon, people would turn in the names of friends who had never donated. Ira Glass would call them and guilt them out in his bitchiest passive-aggressive PMS voice. To my surprise, no one laughed and hung up.

Seriously, what kind of chump donates to NPR? It's free. If they don't meet their goal, they'll just cut their inflated budget. Does it really take millions of dollars to produce Dianne Rehm? It's just an overpaid old chick with a voice for print and a microphone.

1/5/2009 11:06:09 AM

this american life is always fantastic. i wish i could stream at work!

1/5/2009 11:13:34 AM

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"what kind of chump donates to NPR?"

I have, but I'm no chump. You, however....

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"begathon"

I know, right?
(I've given, but those pledge drives are the worst)

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"To my surprise, no one laughed and hung up."

lol, I'm sure some did...

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"an overpaid old chick with a voice for print"

That's not very nice.... She's a great interviewer.

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"people would turn in the names of friends who had never donated"

What's your phone number, friend?

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"Does it really take millions of dollars to produce........"

That's really a separate issue, but is a good point.

1/5/2009 11:15:01 AM

The only good thing about Dianne Rehm is that she moves too slow to cut off the loonies when they call in. Unfortunately the NPR loonies aren't very funny. Just sad. Oh so sad.

[Edited on January 5, 2009 at 11:20 AM. Reason : spelling]

1/5/2009 11:20:13 AM

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"Yeah, but who said it? ...the subject of some story? ...what story? ...was the speaker reading some fiction over the air? ...was it a joke? etc."

It was the subject of a story (non-fiction) and he sounded semi-serious (he did giggle a little while saying it). Act 3 of the last weeks show, "Numbers".

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"You know, just repeating some offensive remarks out of context might lead others to think that TAL condones, endorses or supports such views and opinions.....that's all."

I don't think so. People express extreme points of view all the time and generally TAL just presents their point of view and let the viewers judge for themselves. Anyone who listens knows they talk some crackpots every once in awhile.

1/5/2009 11:25:50 AM

^
Yeah, I'm more concerned about the idiots on tww reading it...

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"the viewers"

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"she moves too slow to cut off... "

Quite to the contrary, her skills at cutting people off are among the best ever for all journalists of all time. I've never heard "loonies" on any NPR show. Well, maybe once, but it wasn't Diane Rehm.

1/5/2009 11:28:03 AM

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"OMG this guy on the podcast just compared his diaries (where he writes down everything he did that day) to The Diary of Anne Frank and said his could be better because he went places like the zoo and California"

to be fair, Anne Frank visited neither the zoo nor California, that guy could be on to something big!11

1/5/2009 11:31:36 AM

I don't think Anne Frank got out much.

1/5/2009 11:35:19 AM