Posted: January 9th, 2010 | Author: Dan Misener | Filed under: Radio | Tags: infographics, Radio, this american life | 1 Comment »
A very, very cool project: This American Infographic.
My new years resolution is to make an infographic on every This American Life ever made. The idea is to expand and add context to the stories and information contained in the shows. Basically, anything I am curious about while listening to the pieces.
That’s a tall order, given that there are almost 15 years’ worth of episodes. Can’t wait to see more of these.
via @zuschlag, via For Me, For You
Posted: February 17th, 2009 | Author: Dan Misener | Filed under: Public Radio, Radio, Uncategorized | Tags: ira glass, Public Radio, Radio, this american life | 1 Comment »
It’s about surprise and humour. It’s a bit of Storytelling 101 (event leads to event leads to event leads to universal truth). But it’s mostly about craft, and if you tell stories, it’s totally worth 32 minutes of your time. From 2007, here’s Ira Glass at the Gel Conference:
Present again is Ira’s familiar “taking the tools of journalism and applying them to people whom you wouldn’t normally apply them to” mantra.
Particularly interesting is the explanation for why TAL doesn’t have billboards (or “bills”):
One of the differences between our show and the other shows on the public radio is that the other shows will start their show with a list of what’s coming up on the program, which I feel is a sort of singularly uninteresting way to start something. Actually, on our show we would just start the action going. Like, I feel that if we could draw you into the dream of it, you’ll be inside it before you can even think about why you’re inside it or what it is. And it’s far more irresistible.
You can watch the whole video at the Gel site, or if you’re feeling thieve-y, you can just download the FLV file.
Posted: January 21st, 2009 | Author: Dan Misener | Filed under: Radio | Tags: ira glass, Public Radio, Radio, this american life | No Comments »
Via the latest This American Life newsletter, some very, very funny pledge drive spots from Ira Glass. Click to listen:
Though they’re funny, I don’t think these as effective as Ira’s twice-yearly, straight-up, arithmetic-based podcast promos.
Posted: November 27th, 2008 | Author: Dan Misener | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: dunkin' donuts, this american life | No Comments »
Dunkin’ Donuts’ America Runs on Dunkin’ campaign graphic seems to include a bit of a nod to This American Life, no?
