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	<title>Current.org &#187; This American Life</title>
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		<title>Ira Glass responds to charges that he&#8217;s trying to censor risqué podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/ira-glass-responds-to-charges-that-hes-trying-to-censor-risque-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/ira-glass-responds-to-charges-that-hes-trying-to-censor-risque-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the most popular podcasts of all time, Public Radio International&#8217;s This American Life has had to deal with its fair share of imitators and parodies over the years, and many other podcasts have appropriated the &#8220;This American&#8230;&#8221; moniker &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/ira-glass-responds-to-charges-that-hes-trying-to-censor-risque-podcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Latest shows inspired by TAL speak in foreign tongues</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/latest-shows-inspired-by-tal-speak-in-foreign-tongues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/latest-shows-inspired-by-tal-speak-in-foreign-tongues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the new radio programs inspired by This American Life are two productions for listeners who don’t speak English. Both Israel Story and Radio Ambulante launched after receiving some guidance and helpful advice from Ira Glass and company. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/latest-shows-inspired-by-tal-speak-in-foreign-tongues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Glass developing new scripted series about transgender man with Sundance Channel</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/ira-glass-developing-new-scripted-series-about-transgender-man-with-sundance-channel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/11/ira-glass-developing-new-scripted-series-about-transgender-man-with-sundance-channel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Takes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ira Glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This American Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This American Life host and public radio superstar Ira Glass continues his foray into scripted entertainment, as a producer of a new television series in development at the Sundance Channel. The project, billed as T, will follow Terrence, a transgender &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/ira-glass-developing-new-scripted-series-about-transgender-man-with-sundance-channel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Rakoff, This American Life contributor, dies at 47</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/09/david-rakoff-this-american-life-contributor-dies-at-47-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/09/david-rakoff-this-american-life-contributor-dies-at-47-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humorist and essayist David Rakoff, a regular contributor to Public Radio International’s This American Life since the program’s inception, died Aug. 9 after a fight with cancer that dated to his 20s. He was 47. Rakoff worked in publishing before &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/09/david-rakoff-this-american-life-contributor-dies-at-47-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>With new independent film, Ira Glass and TAL dream big</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/08/with-new-independent-film-ira-glass-and-tal-dream-big/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/08/with-new-independent-film-ira-glass-and-tal-dream-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA['Sleepwalk With Me,' is the program's latest (and biggest) attempt to break into the movie business. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/08/with-new-independent-film-ira-glass-and-tal-dream-big/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daisey, onstage and off air, revives his &#8216;Agony and Ecstasy&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/08/daisey-onstage-and-off-air-revives-his-agony-and-ecstasy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/08/daisey-onstage-and-off-air-revives-his-agony-and-ecstasy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There is no objective, journalistic version of the show,” Daisey said. “I will be, always, making constant lies of omission by leaving out tons and tons and reams and reams of details." <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/08/daisey-onstage-and-off-air-revives-his-agony-and-ecstasy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Googling dug up what Daisey had hidden</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/03/simple-googling-dug-up-what-daisey-had-hidden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/03/simple-googling-dug-up-what-daisey-had-hidden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within a few hours of phoning the translator who refuted key details in a <em>This American Life</em> show about factories that manufacture Apple products in China, <em>Marketplace</em>  correspondent Rob Schmitz was on a plane to meet her... <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/03/simple-googling-dug-up-what-daisey-had-hidden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Glass on his nervous pitch to monologist Mike Daisey</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/03/ira-glass-on-his-nervous-pitch-to-monologist-mike-daisey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/03/ira-glass-on-his-nervous-pitch-to-monologist-mike-daisey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Takes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current&#8217;s Feb. 27 story on This American Life&#8217;s recent breakthroughs with enterprise reporting describes the inspiration behind &#8220;Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,&#8221; the story on Apple factories in China that was later retracted. Glass tells Current that after seeing &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/03/ira-glass-on-his-nervous-pitch-to-monologist-mike-daisey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting Daisey&#8217;s staged monologue for radio: less shouting, more intimacy</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/02/adapting-daiseys-staged-monologue-for-radio-less-shouting-more-intimacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/02/adapting-daiseys-staged-monologue-for-radio-less-shouting-more-intimacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: On March 16, This American Life retracted &#8220;Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,&#8221; its Jan. 6 broadcast that adapted monologist Mike Daisey&#8217;s story about working conditions in Chinese gadget factories. Read more. Crunching a two-hour stage monologue into a &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/02/adapting-daiseys-staged-monologue-for-radio-less-shouting-more-intimacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Glass &amp; Co.: Emboldened to tell hard-news stories</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/02/glass-co-emboldened-to-tell-hard-news-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/02/glass-co-emboldened-to-tell-hard-news-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: On March 16, This American Life retracted &#8220;Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,&#8221; its Jan. 6 broadcast that adapted monologist Mike Daisey&#8217;s story about working conditions in Chinese gadget factories. Read more. For 16 years, public radio host Ira &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/02/glass-co-emboldened-to-tell-hard-news-stories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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