we have reached podcast singularity.
a podcast host interviews another creator about their series, and in one episode inclues snippets from the original story and gives away the entire plot, resolution and conclusion.
it's not "promoting" a story, it is stealing it
do better, #ThisAmericanLife
"If you're stressed, a rat can smell that." - ELNA BAKER, Must Be Rats on the Brain, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #WorldRatDay #ElnaBaker
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Imagine advocating for censorship nowadays instead of fostering critical thinking. What more, being handled by THE MORAL PANIC PARTY. Michael Tracey in another font.
www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/h...
#npr #ThisAmericanLife #section230
"The rat improv in our last story was Chris Gethard and Tami Sager." - BASHIR SALAHUDDIN, Must Be Rats on the Brain, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #WorldRatDay #BashirSalahuddin
"Surprisingly, it sometimes still seemed to fool people." - EVAN RATLIFF, My Other Self, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #EvanRatliff
...thereβs a right way to [enforce American immigration policy], and a wrong way. This is the latter.
www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/03/31/n...
#ourgeekthisweek #thisamericanlife #nowplaying #podcast #ice
"Amy Sedaris played the woman silently listening at the bar." - IRA GLASS, Death to Wacky, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #DeathtoWacky #AmySedaris #HappyBirthdayAmySedaris #IraGlass
"Jay Leno's monologue features innovative humor about airlines and Viagra and Linda Tripp." - SARAH VOWELL, Advice, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #Advice #NationalViagraDay #SarahVowell
"After dinner and another bottle of whiskey, they went out to the yard and burned the note!" - SEAN COLE, The Room of Requirement, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheRoomofRequirement #InternationalWhiskeyDay #SeanCole
"We found the car on Century Boulevard." - BRIAN SPENCER, Like It or Not, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #LikeItorNot #BrianSpencer
#ThisAmericanLife In the shadow of the city π’
#ThisAmericanLife Call your parents βοΈ
"I have no particular attachment to Reese Witherspoon, and I'm not from the South." - BRETT MARTIN, Put Your Heart In It, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #PutYourHeartInIt #ReeseWitherspoon #HappyBirthdayReeseWitherspoon #BrettMartin
"I'm not a licensed medical professional or a scientist." - JON RONSON, The Psychopath Test, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ThePsychopathTest #JonRonson
"I just spilled Pepsi on your car seat and my pants, like I was in some kind of commercial for a detergent that worked on clothing and upholstery." - SIERRA TELLER-ORNELAS, Hit the Road, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #HittheRoad
"Like he said, I take naps all the time!" - CASEY PHILLIPS, No Coincidence, No Story!, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NoCoincidenceNoStory #NationalNappingDay #CaseyPhillips
"I came out and I'm wearing your glasses and, like, a wig to look like you." - FRED ARMISEN, DoppelgΓ€ngers, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #DoppelgΓ€ngers #InternationalWigDay #FredArmisen
"Whenever a guy was hooked up to the machine, women would crowd around the booth to watch." - AVIVA DEKORNFELD, How Are You Not Seeing This?, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #InternationalWomensDay #AvivaDekornfeld
"He went to church, and played drums in his high school's marching band." - CHRIS NEARY, Life After Death, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #LifeAfterDeath #NationalMarchingBandDay #ChrisNeary
"A majority of Americans don't approve of what ICE is doing." - ZOE CHACE, I Want What I Want, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ZoeChace
"Most college essays are pretty bad!" - IRA GLASS, How I Got Into College, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #HowIGotIntoCollege #NationalEssayDay #IraGlass
"He should have come, for Pete's sake!" - MARTY ARNOLD, Valentine's Day 2008, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ValentinesDay2008 #ForPetesSakeDay #MartyArnold
"Oh my gosh." - AVIVA DEKORNFELD, Math or Magic?, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ForPetesSakeDay #AvivaDekornfeld
"Doritos is the exact right product!" - TODD HANSON, Tough Room, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ToughRoom #NationalTortillaChipDay #ToddHanson
I swear I heard a great podcast titled "Minnesota" on This American Life last week. It had Ira's partner talking about their experience driving kids to school in the ICE war raging in Minnesota. Seems to have disappeared from the record? Anyone else hear it, wonder where it went?
#thisamericanlife
"There is just something about that moment when Pinocchio stops being a few strung together pieces of wood and starts to seem like he's really a little boy." - IRA GLASS, Dolls, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #Dolls #PinocchioDay #IraGlass
Good perspective on what's happening in cities dealing with federal occupations by masked agents.
[This American Life] 880: What Is Your Emergency? #thisAmericanLife
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"They handcuffed him." - IRA GLASS, What Is Your Emergency?, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NationalHandcuffDay #IraGlass
"He got drunk on the set of Wheel of Fortune, passed out, and when he woke up, he saw Vanna White smiling and the completed puzzle." - SEAN COLE, This Is Just Some Songs, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #VannaWhite #HappyBirthdayVannaWhite #SeanCole
"Michael Jordan's the one that can't let go of Leroy!" - EMMANUEL DZOTSI, That Other Guy, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #MichaelJordan #HappyBirthdayMichaelJordan #EmmanuelDzotsi
