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Kathryn Schulz: On Air and On Error - This American Life's Ira Glass on Being Wrong
I wasn't making any money, and I was so bad at it. I was 19 when I started at NPR and I was 27 or 28 before I could competently put together a story that I had written.
2010-08-11 to bestof, failure, story, storytelling, wrong by soobrosa
John Lahr: Master of Revels
Neil Simon’s comic empire.
2010-06-23 to bestof, books, comedy, profile, story by soobrosa
Malcolm Gladwell: The Pitchman
Ron Popeil and the conquest of the American kitchen.
2010-06-22 to bestof, kitchen, profile, sales, story, teleshopping, tv by soobrosa
Peter Serafinowicz: Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I'm In
In the meantime, I'll be suing myself for pirating my own show. And I'm pretty scared, because I have an amazing lawyer.
2010-06-21 to bestof, business, media, piracy, story by soobrosa
Prevelakis-Spinellis: The Athens Affair
How some extremely smart hackers pulled off the most audacious cell-network break-in ever.
2010-06-15 to bestof, espionage, greece, hacking, mobile, story, technology, vodafone, wiretapping by soobrosa
Malcolm Gladwell: Pandora’s Briefcase
Operation Mincemeat was a dazzling feat of wartime espionage. But does it argue for or against spying?
2010-05-12 to bestof, espionage, game theory, intelligence, spying, story by soobrosa
Joel Johnson: Why I’m Funny
The first time I ever came in anyone’s mouth, it was into the mouth of my stepfather.
2010-05-06 to abuse, bestof, family, memoir, story by soobrosa
Joshuah Bearman: Art of the Steal - On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief
Blanchard’s own surveillance equipment was still transmitting from inside the ATM room, so before he skipped town, he could listen in on investigators. He knew their names; he knew their leads.
2010-04-13 to bestof, burglary, crime, portrait, profile, story by soobrosa
John Jurgensen: Hollywood's Favorite Cowboy
Author Cormac McCarthy, 76, talked about love, religion, his 11-year-old son, the end of the world and the movie based on his novel 'The Road.' He was just getting going.
2010-04-13 to bestof, books, movies, portrait, profile, story by soobrosa
Dana Goodyear: Kid Goth (The New Yorker)
Neil Gaiman’s fantasies.
2010-01-31 to bestof, books, children, fiction, goth, story by soobrosa

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