Comments on: This American story-telling http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: canyondanes.com » This American story-telling http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-348732 canyondanes.com » This American story-telling Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:49:05 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-348732 [...] This American story-telling This American Lifes Ira Glass, who oversees what we journalists think is one of the last great hopes for long-form journalism (as it is so haughtily called), doesnt necessarily call what he does journalism at all. From a Times Q&A leading up to his new Showtime video version of the show: Q: How do you think […] [...] [...] This American story-telling This American Lifes Ira Glass, who oversees what we journalists think is one of the last great hopes for long-form journalism (as it is so haughtily called), doesnt necessarily call what he does journalism at all. From a Times Q&A leading up to his new Showtime video version of the show: Q: How do you think […] [...]

]]> By: TSOL http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344550 TSOL Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:19:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344550 Glass and Vowell have certainly mastered the insufferable smugness of professional journalism! Glass and Vowell have certainly mastered the insufferable smugness of professional journalism!

]]> By: Scott Butki http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344458 Scott Butki Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:16:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344458 He's very intelligent and he, along with other favorites like Sarah Vowell, are responsible for some of the best stories I've heard in radio in years He’s very intelligent and he, along with other favorites like Sarah Vowell,
are responsible for some of the best stories I’ve heard in radio in years

]]> By: Steve Rhodes http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344440 Steve Rhodes Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:58:31 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344440 He's done a few other interviews about the tv show http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7600694 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/02/28/glass/ http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/10/25 He’s done a few other interviews about the tv show

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7600694

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/02/28/glass/

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/10/25

]]> By: Steve Rhodes http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344439 Steve Rhodes Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:58:07 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344439 A couple of examples of hour long shows: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/02/206.html Harold Washington http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/97/84.html A couple of examples of hour long shows:

Somewhere in the Arabian Sea

http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/02/206.html

Harold Washington

http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/97/84.html

]]> By: Steve Rhodes http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344437 Steve Rhodes Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:46:46 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344437 Sometimes TAL devotes an hour to a single story. I hope they'll be able to do that on the tv show at some point. The tv show is half an hour. I've seen the first episode and it is good. Sometimes TAL devotes an hour to a single story.

I hope they’ll be able to do that on the tv show at some point.

The tv show is half an hour. I’ve seen the first episode and it is good.

]]> By: Readings: 2007-03-05 « Kempton’s blog http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344432 Readings: 2007-03-05 « Kempton’s blog Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:26:44 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344432 [...] for Ira Glass - This American TV Show (free reg) [via Jeff Jarvis] Also see my previous entry about Ira [...] [...] for Ira Glass – This American TV Show (free reg) [via Jeff Jarvis] Also see my previous entry about Ira [...]

]]> By: Chuck http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344407 Chuck Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:47:29 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344407 I listen to a lot of radio, but Ira and This American Life are the only thing on radio that I really care about, should I somehow miss them. And now that they are available on iTunes for free weekly subscription, even that won't happen again. I'm very interested in seeing how the TV show turns out. If it's as great as the radio deal, it would definitely be worth the extra 10 bucks a month. I listen to a lot of radio, but Ira and This American Life are the only thing on radio that I really care about, should I somehow miss them.

And now that they are available on iTunes for free weekly subscription, even that won’t happen again.

I’m very interested in seeing how the TV show turns out. If it’s as great as the radio deal, it would definitely be worth the extra 10 bucks a month.

]]> By: scote http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344402 scote Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:35:18 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344402 Correction: (grrr.) That should be "20-30 <b>minute long</b> radio essays" Correction: (grrr.) That should be “20-30 minute long radio essays”

]]> By: scote http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344401 scote Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:34:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344401 <i>“long-form journalism” (as it is so haughtily called),</i> Why wold it be "haughty" to call 20-30 radio essays "long-form journalism" in an era of 5 second sound bytes? Such a term seems descriptive rather than "arrogantly superior and disdainful." Ironically, your <i>distain</i> of the term "long-form journalism" <i>does qualify</i> as "arrogantly superior and disdainful." I find your opinions interesting and often informative, but you are nothing if not arrogant so it seems that it might behoove you to be careful before accusing others of the same. “long-form journalism” (as it is so haughtily called),

Why wold it be “haughty” to call 20-30 radio essays “long-form journalism” in an era of 5 second sound bytes?

Such a term seems descriptive rather than “arrogantly superior and disdainful.” Ironically, your distain of the term “long-form journalism” does qualify as “arrogantly superior and disdainful.” I find your opinions interesting and often informative, but you are nothing if not arrogant so it seems that it might behoove you to be careful before accusing others of the same.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344394 Ed Kohler Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:56:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344394 I had a chance to see Ira Glass taping a show in Minneapolis this past week. Awesome stuff, as usual. I think one of the main differences is the approach to story telling. Sequential stories and anecdotes of This American Life are much different from the type of story telling used by newspapers. I had a chance to see Ira Glass taping a show in Minneapolis this past week. Awesome stuff, as usual. I think one of the main differences is the approach to story telling. Sequential stories and anecdotes of This American Life are much different from the type of story telling used by newspapers.

]]> By: Hasan Jafri http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344377 Hasan Jafri Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:35:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/03/03/this-american-story-telling/#comment-344377 Agreed. Ira Glass makes us proud. Agreed. Ira Glass makes us proud.

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