How does Ira Glass keep finding these amazing stories? I particularly loved ‘Act One’ told by Sixties comedy duo (and married couple) Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall: the act that had the bad luck to appear on the same Ed Sullivan show as the Beatles.
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http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/housing/
Chicago is demolishing the public housing projects and moving residents to mixed-income neighborhoods. But there won’t be room for everyone, and a new home may not mean an escape from poverty.
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"i met casey rice just once in boston when he was on tour with sigur-ros. i was a big fan of thrill jockey and jade tree and those so-called "chicago music", so i was really excited to see one of the masterminds. he was really nice too, nice enough to convince me to move to chicago, hoping i could get to hang out and work with him on some cool "chicago" projects. but when i moved to chicago, casey was ready to move out. i called him up but he was too busy, and a few weeks later he moved out of chicago. now i was stuck in chicago in the worst days of g.w.bush-depression. i lost job twice, lost directions, and ended up giving up on anything. i felt like going no where, depressed, sad and lonely. casey rice ruined my life."
"Andrew McGibbon is a speechification favourite. An original voice, an even more original perspective, and he always make programmes about unexpected and delightful topics. This one, as you might have guessed, is about cymbals - a history and exploration taking us from before the Bible to after Spandau Ballet, including the 32nd oldest company in the world. Excellent, funny, informative - full of facts you’ll want to repeat to people in the pub."
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