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Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Econosaurus posted:

Link?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/135573355/this-american-life

# ¿ Mar 2, 2012 15:03

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Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Star Man posted:

This might be the single greatest thing that I have ever seen.

Balloon, balloon, balloon, really, you have to try pretty hard to fail to offer a blowjob.

Qtotonibudinibudet fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Oct 23, 2012

# ¿ Oct 23, 2012 04:56

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Affably Evil posted:

I loved the "Red State Blue State" episode, it was really interesting to hear about New Hampshire's situation and compare it to what's happening in the federal government.

The New Hampshire story was also interesting after having recently listened to episode 330, where Steve Vaillancourt is much less the protagonist, as little as he was in the Red State Blue State story.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2012 00:43

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

hope and vaseline posted:

Ditto. I've loved every Sedaris book until his animal fables one.

Does anyone else have trouble paying attention to TAL's fiction segments in general?

Yes, though I did like the weird David Rakoff rhyming cockroach-Seuss conversation.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2013 19:36

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Lady Gaza posted:

I like Planet Money but it's worth bearing in mind that they are all neoliberal free marketeers and as such their explanations of the financial crises are heavily biased in that direction. For example, in one episode they compared the national budget of Greece to a household budget and used that analogy to justify austerity. Any sane economist would tell you that national and household budgets are in no way similar. I contacted them about it but they didn't respond, which was a shame. I prefer their episodes that don't deal with major economic issues; for example I liked the episode about the pros and cons of silver/paper dollars, or the one about how shell companies work.

Were they actually campaigning for austerity? I recall a few about the main problem being the Greek government being utterly useless and the complications caused by being in the Eurozone, but nothing saying that austerity had actually helped Greece.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2013 18:40

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Mr. Fix It posted:

I really don't think this episode was about disability being bad. I thought they pretty clearly said that more people being on disability is in part a result of the failures of welfare reform: people that should be getting actual welfare are instead getting this de facto welfare. They basically fully agree that more poverty leads to more people on disability. I really don't get all the screeching about it.

The blog post on the PM site at least definitely said "disability is bad" at least once, most notably talking about Jahleel, the kid with a learning disability. They may be right; there's certainly the potential for perverse incentives in the situation they described (getting $700 a month to fund whatever can help Jahleel succeed in school), but they didn't really present much data to back up a lot of their more damning claims--everything's anecdotes. The data-based correlations they did present aren't really that surprising. Planet Money probably isn't really equipped to gather all the data they'd need, but the SSA probably does, and they weren't interviewed beyond the bit about funding running out.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2013 19:31

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

GrandpaPants posted:

I'm listening to the yellow fever story right now and it is far more disturbing than people whispering on youtube. This Steven guy disturbs me on some fundamental level.

Next, watch the Louie Theroux Thai Brides episode. The TAL yellow fever guy just doesn't compare.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2013 19:05

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

http://open.spotify.com/user/theodolite/playlist/1kN3PH6SQOzqcWSIhVpK7H also
The Cinematic Orchestra track maybe.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2013 22:54

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Phone posted:

I heard part of the prologue on the radio this weekend, and was looking forward to listening to this week's episode.

Then I read that it's a joint venture with loving Ally Bank's Planet Money, brought to you by Ally Bank, and I lost all interest. The

Ally Bank, known for their heavy involvement in patent litigation.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2013 16:48

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Phone posted:

Ally Bank, known for their heavy involvement in the welfare system.

So what, are you affirming that they have a vested interest in neither?

I think someone mentioned that a private unemployment insurance company underwrites them also, which could actually be a conflict of interest.

In other news, I'm going to stop listening to TAL altogether because Reputation.com and Squarespace are completely clueless about violence in Chicago schools and animal fables.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2013 22:42

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Hitch posted:

Was anyone else waiting for the NSA story on This American Life this week? After all, it was their take on what happened in America this week, and that was a pretty big story -- at least I thought.

Maybe they're waiting to do a full show on it?

I'd think it be hard to now--what's actually going on isn't entirely clear.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2013 19:38

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/506/secret-identity

This week on This American Life: furries.

Possibly.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2013 09:00

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

The Moth gave us Life After Blues Clues and that's all that matters to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwmtkFPYXsg

# ¿ Jan 24, 2014 22:19

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

To address your complaints about animal fables, this week's David Sedaris story will instead feature CRUSHING SADNESS.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2014 02:51

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

AstroWhale posted:

Did anyone else skip the parts of the last episode where the comedians talked. I found them seriously boring.
But that Price is Right story was great.

Wyatt Cenac was great. Sweet Dave <3

# ¿ May 12, 2014 23:31

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

I'm most sad that they cut the part where Ira talks about taking ecstasy: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/03/ira-glass-the-first-time-i-took-ecstasy-my-anxiety-lifted-away

# ¿ May 13, 2014 04:18

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Secx posted:

Is the first part of this week TAL (538) a repeat? I remember hearing this story about black/Hispanic kids getting suspended disproportionately more often than their white/asian peers.

When they repeat shows they use the old episode number/it doesn't show up at the top of the archive list, so no.

I think they have included sections from older shows in newer shows sometimes, but none spring to mind.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 00:59

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Eggnogium posted:

Implication: Having a kickstarter means selling your dignity.

This one is pretty true.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2015 05:46

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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.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2015 23:20

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

zakharov posted:

edit: ugh I'm reading the Reddit comments about this episode and it's awful.

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Reddit comments

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awful

Were you expecting anything else?

# ¿ Mar 21, 2015 23:02

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

bad day posted:

No, there's a very early episode that isn't in the TAL archives and you can't find it in any of the user-created archives on file-sharing services or YouTube because apparently nobody kept a recording of it.

Also, does anybody have the URL that takes you directly to the TAL mp3 files? A few years ago someone sent me a link where you can just add the episode number to the end of the url and listen to/download that specific episode instead of streaming it through their site. I live in China and the TAL portal doesn't work that well here, but the episodes themselves are not blocked by the firewall because they are hosted on a different server.

http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2007/01/new-location-for-this-american-life.html

Same one, I don't think they've changed it in forever.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 04:27

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 17:34

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Lutha Mahtin posted:

Immigrants come here for two reasons. First is that Minnesota is great. Second is that winter keeps out the riff-raff. This means that we only receive the highest quality immigrants, people who have the fortitude and inventiveness to dig their car out of a two-foot snowfall at 6 in the morning, so they can get to work on time.

Third because Minnesota has a desperate shortage of native flavorful spicy food. The real purpose of bringing immigrants in is to make the population of Saint Cloud understand the joys of kitfo.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2016 03:02

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