Recording this week’s show (well, I closed the closet doors while I read my narration). @ThisAmerLife
Ira Glass
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- Thrilled that @ThisAmerLife just won the very first #Pulitzer Prize ever given to audio journalism. For this episode:
- The @PeabodyAwards were established in 1940 partly because the Pulitzers wouldn’t give out prizes to this newfangled medium called radio. Today, finally, the @PulitzerPrizes corrected that, and gave out their first award to audio journalism. Thrilled we got it.
- A stroke of a pen just made me the greatest comedic genius of all time.
- Binge listening to @maddow podcast #Bagman and so impressed. What a great story, totally engrossing and suddenly relevant. msnbc.com/bagman
- Ten days in quarantine since I shook hands with someone who's tested positive with #covid19. So far no symptoms. Feeling hopeful I don't have it. CDC says symptoms can still arrive on day 14, but 5-6 days is average. @thisamerlife
- Idea for short story: guy asks his girlfriend to take that omnipresent "I'm not a robot" test and she fails and that's how he learns she's a robot.
- Obama on Terry Gross: Her patient, persistent questioning in 1000s of interviews ....revealing simple truths that affirm our common humanity
- Wait - Are murder and shopping the only things we use the word "spree" for?
- I've been staring at this over and over, totally hypnotised, for minutes now.Queen Elizabeth banknote evolution
GIF - I've been sitting in on edits for months - which is basically just Sarah reading to a bunch of us (and playing quotes) over Skype - and even in that form, it's thrilling. And makes your blood boil. I love how ambitious it is. @serialThis season, we’re tackling the whole criminal justice system. Hear the trailer and subscribe today to get the first episode the moment it drops. bit.ly/serialS3
00:00 - Steven Hawking: “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special.”
- Hey thanks for the shout out today, Wordle.
- No denying, "This American Carnage" would in fact be a kickass name for a radio show.
