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Rob and Britta discuss a ten year old story from This American Life called "The Problem We All Live With" produced by Chana Joffe-Walt and reported by Nikole Hannah-Jones. It's an example of the kind of documentary journalism we need more than ever, in a world where such journalism is increasingly under threat.  Show Notes: TAL Episode 562: The Problem We all Live With Longform Podast interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones Third Coast Audio Festival Session: Make Them Care Saint Louis Public Radio's coverage of the Francis Howell town meeting "Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City" by Nikole Hannah-Jones  Music - Blue Dot Sessions

Rob and Britta dig into two classic episodes of the podcast Love and Radio, "The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt" and "Choir Boy," sparking a discussion about the appeal of abrasive art. Show Notes: The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt - Love and Radio Choir Boy - Love and Radio Love and Radio on How Sound Salvatore Scibona reads Denis Johnson - New Yorker Fiction Podcast   Music: Silence Kid - Pavement You're Killing Me - Pavement Prefect Depth - Pavement The Bus at Dawn - Blue Dot Sessions Orchard Lime - Blue Dot Sessions Nine Count by Blue Dot Sessions Plum Blossom - Blue Dot Sessions Calisson - Blue Dot Sessions Throughput - Blue Dot Sessions Coffero's Theme - Bill Frisell Untitled III - Calexico Gentle Chase - Podington Bear

Rob and Britta share a discussion they had in 2019 (but never released) about the classic This American Life episode "Notes on Camp." Topics include their own camp experiences, the power of scary stories, Rob's favorite thing ever recorded by any radio show ever, and the wild back story of the beloved camp counselor David Himmel, aka Mr. Popluar.   Show Notes: Notes on Camp - This American LIfe  "Ira Glass Is a Douche" - Literate Apecast Longform Interview with Julie Snyder   Music: Calisson - Blue Dot Sessions Throughput - Blue Dot Sessions Coffero's Theme - Bill Frisell Untitled III - Calexico Gentle Chase - Podington Bear  

On the second of a two-part series about the podast Startup, Rob and Britta talk about how the mini-seasons of the podcast Startup about the growth of Gimlet revealed all kinds of details about the troubles at the company, the ill-fated sale to Spotify, and what all this means for the state of narrative audio.   Show Notes: Skye Pillsbury's newsletter The Squeeze Galen Beebe's website   Music: A Simple Plan Soundrack  Nine Count by Blue Dot Sessions Within the Garden Walls by Blue Dot Sessions Gentle Chase - Podington Bear   Audio Excerpts: Startup

On the first episode of the new season Rob and Britta talk about what made them want to restart a show about narrative audio. And they discuss the complicated legacy of a podcast that's having its tenth anniversary this year.  Show Notes: Music: Coffaro's Theme by Bill Frisell "Arabic Tallow" and "At Our Best Alone" from Blue Dot Sessions Gentle Chase - Podington Bear   Audio Excerpts: This American Life - Double Lives Constellation Prize Startup Alex Blumberg on Longform Heavyweight TLDR