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zakharov posted:It was a repeat. I normally don't listen to repeats, but I caught the first part of this one, and the follow-up on the guy who was put in jail after 11 years of mistakenly being left free was pretty amazing. You can hear the update starting around 23:50 in the new episode. He was released from prison when a judge ruled that incarcerating him would be a waste of the state's time and money. Then a few months later he was arrested and jailed for a robbery. It wasn't until three months after that they found security footage proving his innocence, and he was freed again.
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holy crap the voice of that theater girl with the robot baby. aaaaaa
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Lutha Mahtin posted:holy crap the voice of that theater girl with the robot baby. aaaaaa She has a bright future ahead appearing in creepy asmr videos on youtube I think. e: wait I mean the christian girl, didn't the theatre girl just sound like a teenager?
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Lutha Mahtin posted:holy crap the voice of that theater girl with the robot baby. aaaaaa She talks like Maria Bamford, except not because she is in character.
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a pipe smoking dog posted:She has a bright future ahead appearing in creepy asmr videos on youtube I think. well a big section of that segment was when the two of them were at rehearsal and it featured the whispery girl singing. and i liked how the girl who was described as the "theater kid" sounded way more well-adjusted and way less of the stereotypical mental trainwreck you think of when you think of high school theater Lutha Mahtin fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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Mar 3, 2015 06:56
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Lutha Mahtin posted:holy crap the voice of that theater girl with the robot baby. aaaaaa Jesus christ I wanted to destroy my keyboard and everything around me when she was talking. One of my co-workers actually asked me what was wrong because I was visibly angry while listening to her speak.
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Mar 4, 2015 03:33
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Holy Dread! posted:Jesus christ I wanted to destroy my keyboard and everything around me when she was talking. One of my co-workers actually asked me what was wrong because I was visibly angry while listening to her speak. Don't wanna work with you on the day you get some real bad news.
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Mar 4, 2015 03:52
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"What's wrong, you ask? What's wrong??? Well I'm listening to a podcast and some high school girl has a quirky voice. It's enough to make you want to break everything around you, you know what I mean? Oh, you don't, because you're able to handle the sound of another human's voice without violent rage?" I'm also one if those weirdos who likes Zoe Chase and politely ignores vocal fry so what do I know.
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Mar 4, 2015 04:05
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ChetReckless posted:"What's wrong, you ask? What's wrong??? Well I'm listening to a podcast and some high school girl has a quirky voice. It's enough to make you want to break everything around you, you know what I mean? Oh, you don't, because you're able to handle the sound of another human's voice without violent rage?" I also tend to suffer from a bad case of RBF on a regular basis.
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Mar 4, 2015 04:13
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Recently when TAL had that segment on vocal fry, Ira Glass said they have never gotten an email about him having it and I laughed so hard I almost drove off the road. I should send him an email "It's OK bro, out of all the people on your show I've always found your voice way more annoying than any of the women".
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Mar 4, 2015 06:32
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Yeah I couldn't stand that Christian girls voice. She sounds like she is faking it but she probably isn't.
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Mar 6, 2015 06:47
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I think the most realistic scenario is that she is faking it but the affectation has become her reality because it's a crutch to support her crippling fear that she's not interesting. She's not.
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Mar 6, 2015 08:33
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I'm not going to analyze her much, but it did take some real effort to get through that segment, which was otherwise interesting (I have a 7 month old girl and I just got through the WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WRONG SWEET JESUS SLEEP WONT YOU OH GOD I"M A TERRIBLE PERSON portion of her life). I just assume she's a real fan of Maria Bamford.
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Mar 6, 2015 10:12
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She was the stewardess from Airplane!, right?
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Mar 6, 2015 15:59
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I listened to this week's episode on the way to work a few mornings ago, and the first act about the 1980's Army-produced "Dada musical theater" is honestly one of the best things I've heard in a long time. I absolutely loved it and it got my day off to a really good start. It reminded me of my college days working in community theatre, but with an extra somewhat batshit twist. I also found this story about it from a local paper that includes some links to contemporary coverage of the Soldier Safety Shows. Stealth Edit: Also, I've been listening to Longest Shortest Time for the last month or so and have been working my way through the backlog. I don't have kids and don't want kids of my own, but am really enjoying the podcast. I recommend it.
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Mar 6, 2015 16:38
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Yeah, that military safety thing sounded just so completely bizarre. I can see why they claim that the soldiers actually paid attention to it, because 
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Mar 7, 2015 03:02
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Yeah this was a great episode. I didn't mind the girls voice either. It was weird but not grating. This is one of those great TAL episodes which is just goofy, light, touching, and all that stuff.
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Mar 7, 2015 07:00
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Yesterday morning, I was catching up on this thread and came across the conversation about the stories about being high episode; I actually recently overheard Ira telling someone that that episode wasn't worth listening to and it was, in his opinion, one of the worst episodes they've done ever.
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Mar 7, 2015 15:35
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nerdpony posted:Yesterday morning, I was catching up on this thread and came across the conversation about the stories about being high episode; I actually recently overheard Ira telling someone that that episode wasn't worth listening to and it was, in his opinion, one of the worst episodes they've done ever. I got that very impression from other people's reactions and have not bothered to listen to it for that reason. Glad Ira himself agrees. Where were you that you heard that?
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Mar 7, 2015 18:21
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:I got that very impression from other people's reactions and have not bothered to listen to it for that reason. Glad Ira himself agrees. Where were you that you heard that? I went up to say something to him after a documentary screening at the IFC Center in New York (he interviewed the director of the documentary afterwards) and he and I ended up walking out of the movie theatre together; a girl showed him a list of three shows from the TAL app and said that they were the only three she hadn't listened to and asked if he could give her a reason to listen to each. He said that the drug story one was among his least favorite and she could probably just skip it. (I do really like the Price is Right story, though.)
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Mar 7, 2015 18:36
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nerdpony posted:I went up to say something to him after a documentary screening at the IFC Center in New York (he interviewed the director of the documentary afterwards) and he and I ended up walking out of the movie theatre together; a girl showed him a list of three shows from the TAL app and said that they were the only three she hadn't listened to and asked if he could give her a reason to listen to each. He said that the drug story one was among his least favorite and she could probably just skip it. What the gently caress question is that to ask a guy... TELL ME WHY SHOULD I BOTHER TO LISTEN TO YOUR WORK. I think I would have been far less nice to that chick.
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:What the gently caress question is that to ask a guy... TELL ME WHY SHOULD I BOTHER TO LISTEN TO YOUR WORK. Well, I mean, it was prefaced with her totally fangirling and telling him how much she loved him and everything else and she had been marathoning the entire run of the show.
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nerdpony posted:Yesterday morning, I was catching up on this thread and came across the conversation about the stories about being high episode; I actually recently overheard Ira telling someone that that episode wasn't worth listening to and it was, in his opinion, one of the worst episodes they've done ever. They'd originally planned to rely more (entirely?) on crowd-sourced stories, but he admits in the episode that most stories about getting high aren't interesting to people who weren't part of the story.
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nerdpony posted:Yesterday morning, I was catching up on this thread and came across the conversation about the stories about being high episode; I actually recently overheard Ira telling someone that that episode wasn't worth listening to and it was, in his opinion, one of the worst episodes they've done ever. Strange, I really liked the episode, though I agree that the original idea didn't pan out, but all the stories that are actually on the show are things you can relate to if you are a, or know people who are regular drug users.
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Mar 7, 2015 23:20
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nerdpony posted:(I do really like the Price is Right story, though.)
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Watermelon City posted:That was a great segment. Why Ira would single out the drug stories episode rather than that Burroughs turkey is beyond me. The Burroughs episode hadn't been released yet.
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Mar 8, 2015 13:02
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He seemed pretty happy about the Burroughs episode when he introduced it, though, and also didn't produce that one. And it wasn't as bad as the terrible Federal Reserve story (another one produced elsewhere).
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nerdpony posted:The Burroughs episode hadn't been released yet. Kangra posted:He seemed pretty happy about the Burroughs episode when he introduced it, though, and also didn't produce that one. And it wasn't as bad as the terrible Federal Reserve story (another one produced elsewhere). The Burroughs episode was the NPR version of being forced to listen to your friend's favorite band while he stares at you with a fixed smile on his face.
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I really find everyone's anger with the Burroughs episode hilarious. I guess if you spend all day listening to the BBC you just get used to radio docs sounding like that.
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Mar 8, 2015 23:48
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The Burroughs episode would probably get less attention if the intro hadn't made it sound like it was going to be this mind-blowing, incredible piece. It wasn't.
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I liked it, but agree that it fell short of mind-blowing and incredible. The seething hatred for it is pretty amusing, though.
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Mar 9, 2015 00:25
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I have no memories associated with that episode. I assume I listened to it because I listen every week (unless it's a rerun of an episode I wasn't terribly impressed with), but I couldn't tell you anything about it.
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effervescible posted:The Burroughs episode would probably get less attention if the intro hadn't made it sound like it was going to be this mind-blowing, incredible piece. It wasn't. Yeah. I'm not enraged by it, but the buildup versus outcome was hilarious (see my earlier simile).
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Mar 9, 2015 03:50
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The Modern Leper posted:The Burroughs episode was the NPR version of being forced to listen to your friend's favorite band while he stares at you with a fixed smile on his face.
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Mar 9, 2015 05:22
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Boo. Looks like a re-run this week. A good re-run (I love the "Hello Calgary" story), but a re-run none the less.
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Reruns are fine and all, but I rather wish they'd reach a little farther back than 51 weeks. So if you feel cheated, go listen to the P.I. Moms (447) or David and Goliath (303) for something a bit older that you might not remember hearing last March.
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Mar 9, 2015 14:59
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Antifreeze Head posted:Reruns are fine and all, but I rather wish they'd reach a little farther back than 51 weeks. I think that's what bugs me because I still vividly remember the episode. Usually I don't mind re-runs cause I only started listening to the podcast a year ago, so its all new to me. I've heard good things about "P.I" moms through, so I'll listen to that episode this week instead. 
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Snuffman posted:I think that's what bugs me because I still vividly remember the episode. Usually I don't mind re-runs cause I only started listening to the podcast a year ago, so its all new to me. PI Moms is great. It's one of those episodes that sometimes I'll go back and listen to just because.
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Antifreeze Head posted:Reruns are fine and all, but I rather wish they'd reach a little farther back than 51 weeks.
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That's when I soured on TAL. I still enjoy the occasional episode but none of them catch me as they used to.
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