• Oct 29, 2005

    Visiting WBEZ

    I recently came upon Meryl’s LiveJournal while looking around for Jonathan Goldstein/WireTap-related stuff. From what I can gather, Meryl has a huge crush on her English prof. This crush somehow led to an interview on WireTap.

    Anyhow, I’ve been reading her posts lately. She’s a big This American Life fan, and recently visited Chicago. Unbeknownst to Meryl, her pal Colin got them into a live TAL taping, and she met Ira Glass.

    Her post detailing the experience is excellent. Read it.



  • Oct 24, 2005

    700 imaginary hobo names

    Via roommate Phil’s favourite website, BoingBoing, comes a link to John Hodgman’s poem 700 imaginary hobo names. You might know John as a contributor to This American Life and Wiretap.



  • Oct 22, 2005

    Archived Wiretap shows

    This will come as a delight to fans of Jonathan Goldstein’s Wiretap: A guy named Jared Benedict has been posting MP3 archives of the show to his blog. I can’t imagine they’re authorized, so grab them while they’re up.

    Personally, I record the show off the air with Audio Hijack Pro and my RadioShark.



  • Oct 18, 2005

    I am a video podcast superstar

    Apparently I am starring in a new weekly video podcast called Jim Dupree: Enthusiast.

    I play Jim Dupree, a man who is enthusiastic about many things. In the first episode, released this week, Jim is enthusiastic about dogs. Glenn, the interviewer, questions Jim about his enthusiasm.

    It’s a video podcast, so you might want to use the new iTunes to subscribe. You can subscribe from the Jim Dupree: Enthusiast page in the iTunes podcast directory, or copy the following URL into your podcatcher:

    http://feeds.feedburner.com/JimDupree/



  • Oct 13, 2005

    Promo Girl

    From Fine Young Journalist comes a thoughtful analysis of CBC’s Promo Girl elements.