Tag: this american life
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5 Storytelling Podcasts You’ll Love
I love storytelling and I love podcasts. In this post I share a list of the best of the best when it comes to storytelling podcasts.
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Why aren’t more people good?
Maybe people don’t like to do good because they haven’t gotten bored with being bad? I had this thought while listening to an episode of This American Life called, Superpowers. In one of the stories a researcher spent months going to bars and asking patrons which superpower they would like to have and why. Most…
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Back to the Garage
Last night I was listening to the latest episode of This American Life about origin stories of new industries and companies. Many well known companies have a myth that they started in a garage. Even if it really isn’t true, people want to believe that their company was created by someone with a crazy idea…
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Favorite Things: This American Life
I love Ira Glass and his show, This American Life. The love affair goes back to early marriage days when Kristen and I would play “right or left” in the car Saturday mornings. Back in 1998-1999 gas was less than a dollar per gallon and I was off every Saturday morning. We’d get up early,…