23 posts tagged “radio”

This Week's Assignment:

Audio: Ira Presents Nice Work If You Can Get It

This American Life

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This American Life, Episode #329: Nice Work If You Can Get It

This Week's Assignment:

Tell us your stories of competition.

Here's our take on it:

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Chicago Public Radio

This American Life #344: The Competition

Stories about the unintended consequences of market forces, including the story of a Tulsa businessman who tried to cut costs—not by outsourcing his operations to India, but by bringing workers from India to Tulsa. With decidedly mixed results. Also, a story about two competing TV news teams in Boise, Idaho, who begin with the exact same set of facts about a local sex offender, and end up with totally opposite conclusions. Broadcasts this weekend 11/30-12/2.

This Week's Assignment:

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! And tell us your stories of this holiday-ish time of year.

Here's our take on it:

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Chicago Public Radio

This American Life: #116 Poultry Slam

For Thanksgiving, the time of year when poultry consumption is highest, we investigate turkeys, chickens, ducks—fowl of all types...and their mysterious hold over us. Broadcasts this weekend 11/23-11/25.

This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories of milestones reached - whether you actually wanted to reach them or not.

Here's our take on it:

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Chicago Public Radio

This American Life: #174 Birthdays, Anniversaries and Milestones

Birthdays, anniversaries, milestones of all sorts... and how they mean something whether we want them to or not. For its fifth anniversary, This American Life went on the road with a live show — to Boston, New York, Chicago and L.A. A co-production with public radio stations WBUR, WNYC, WBEZ and KCRW. Broadcasts this weekend 11/16-11/18.

This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories of race and the role it's played in your life.

Here's our take on it:

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Chicago Public Radio

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This American Life: #84 Harold

A parable of politics and race in America. The story of Chicago's first
black mayor, Harold Washington, who died 20 years ago this month. On the radio 11/9-11/11.

This Week's Assignment:

Tell us your stories of coping with a life-altering family event.

Here's our take on it:

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This American Life: #342 Murder in the Family

Stories of people whose lives were changed by violence. A young woman
discovers that she owes her life to a boy killed in a gang shooting.
Another woman decides to stop searching for her father's killer. And
other stories. Broadcasts this weekend: 11/02-11/04.

This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories about how far pets have infiltrated your family.  Better than a sister? Cooler than your mom? Let us know!

Here's our take on it:

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This American Life

This American Life: #154: In Dog We Trust

We try to define the peculiar relationship between human and animals. One story about a love triangle between two people and a cat. David Sedaris with a retrospective on his family's pets through the ages. And Brady Udall with a tale of love, redemption and armadillos. They have more in common than you might think. Broadcasts this weekend 10/26-10/28

This Week's Assignment:

Tell us your stories of all the ways that you have tried to map out your world and your life.

Here's our take on it:

Mapping Vox Promo

This American Life: #110 Mapping 

Five ways of mapping the world.  We have one story about people who make maps the traditional way - -drawing things you can see.  The other stories are about people who map the world using smell, sound, touch, and taste. The world re-drawn by the five senses. On the radio 10/19-10/21.

This Week's Assignment
Tell us your stories about performing Hamlet (I know it's kind of a narrow topic this week, but feel free to take liberty with it!).

Here's our take on it:

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This American Life

This American Life: #218 Act V

We devote this entire episode to one story: over the course of six months, reporter and TAL contributor Jack Hitt followed a group of inmates at a high-security prison as they rehearsed and staged a production of the last act—Act V—of Hamlet. Shakespeare may seem like an odd match for a group of hardened criminals, but Jack found that they understand the Bard on a level that most of us might not. It's a play about murder and its consequences, performed by murderers living out the consequences.
Broadcasts this weekend, 10/12 - 10/14

This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories about trying to talk to kids!

Here's our take on it:

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Chicago Public Radio

This American Life: #341 How to Talk to Kids

A raunchy comedian gets booked on a tour...of kids' sleep-away camps. A middle-aged woman grapples with right and wrong in talking to her teenage daughter about her sexuality. Plus, other stories of adults trying to learn the language of children.