Archives for posts with tag: this american life

How To Annihilate A Friendship

February 7, 10 //
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A very funny story, told by Malcolm Gladwell.  

Malcolm_Gladwell

Tight structure, insightful descriptions…this story was taken from the Moth storytelling series. Stories are told onstage, with no notes or props – pure performance. Check out their podcast.

Malcolm Gladwell writes for the New Yorker and has written a few best selling books: The Tipping Point, Blink, The Outliers….

If You’re an NPR Nerd Like Me…

December 12, 09 //
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…and you love the stories and interviews on This American Life, The Story, and Fresh Air – then you’ll dig – and may even remember – this interview from Weekend America with Dock Ellis about pitching a no-hitter in the 70s while he was tripping on acid. A collective called No Mas came across the interview and produced this Bakshi-esque animation for the interveiw.

As the animators put it – with all the asterisks being added to steroidal athlete’s statistics, this record deserves a giant exclamation point next to it.