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List Of 2003 This American Life Episodes
In 2003, there were 28 ''This American Life'' episodes. * **Act 1: ''Polly Wants More Than a Cracker'' – Veronica Chater **Act 2: ''On the Border Between Good and Bad'' – Russell Banks * **Act 1: ''Until the End of the War'' – Jack Hitt **Act 2: ''Secret Trials and Secret Deportations'' – David Kestenbaum **Act 3: ''Secret Wiretaps from a Secret Court'' – Blue Chevigny * **Susan Burton and Hyder Akbar won the Third Coast Festival Silver Award for Best Documentary for this episode **Act 1: ''Teenage Embed'' – Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton * **Act 1: ''The Rundown'' – Starlee Kine **Act 2: ''Heather Help Me'' – Jessica Riddle **Act 3: ''Fools Rush In, Where Mommies Fear to Tread'' **Act 4: ''The Science of Good and Evil'' – Susan Drury * **Act 1: ''Jarhead'' – Anthony Swofford **Act 2: ''What's the Truth Good For, Anyway?'' – Ira Glass **Act 3: ''Jar Jar Head'' – John Hodgman * **Act 1: ''Puppy Love''& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This American Life
''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. The first episode aired on November 17, 1995, under the show's original title, ''Your Radio Playhouse''. The series was distributed by Public Radio International until June 2014, when the program became self-distributed with Public Radio Exchange delivering new episodes to public radio stations. A television adaptation of the show ran for two seasons on the Showtime cable network between June 2007 and May 2008. Format Each week's show has a theme, explored in several "acts". On occasion, an entire program will consist of a single act. Each act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Warga
Jake Warga (born April 24, 1972) is an American radio journalist, former Stanford University lecturer, and contributor to various public radio organizations, including National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media. Warga is also a professional photographer and travel writer, having traveled to, and reported from, six of the seven continents. Life Jake Warga was born in Hollywood, California, to Wayne and Carol Warga; his father was a writer for ''Life (magazine), Life Magazine'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. Warga received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from UC Davis in 1995 and a Master of Arts in visual anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2003. Work Film During and after college, Warga worked as an assistant cameraman on several Hollywood films including, ''Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway'' (1993), ''Nice Guys Sleep Alone (film), Nice Guys Sleep Alone'' (1999), ''The Prophecy 3: The Ascent'' (2000), ''Mimic 2'' (2001) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Hardman
Jesse may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible. * Jesse (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' (album), a 2003 album by Jesse Powell * "Jesse", a 1973 song by Roberta Flack - see Roberta Flack discography * "Jesse", a song from the album ''Valotte'' by Julian Lennon * "Jesse", a song from the album ''The People Tree'' by Mother Earth * "Jesse" (Carly Simon song), a 1980 song * "Jesse", a song from the album '' The Drift'' by Scott Walker * "Jesse", a song from the album '' If I Were Your Woman'' by Stephanie Mills Other * ''Jesse'' (film), a 1988 American television film * ''Jesse'' (TV series), a sitcom starring Christina Applegate * ''Jesse'' (novel), a 1994 novel by Gary Soto * ''Jesse'' (picture book), a 1988 children's book by Tim Winton * Jesse, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Jesse Hall, University of Misso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Updike
Nancy Updike is an American public radio producer and writer. Her work has been featured on radio programs including '' This American Life'' and '' All Things Considered'', and has been published in '' The New York Times Magazine'', ''LA Weekly'', '' The Boston Globe'', and Salon.com. She graduated from Amherst College in 1991. Personal life Updike is married to Daniel Ephron, an editor at Foreign Policy. They had their first date on July 1, 2003 at Focaccia Bar, an Italian restaurant in Jerusalem. Career ''This American Life'' Updike won a Peabody Award in 1996 for her work as a producer on ''This American Life''. She won the Edward R. Murrow Award for news documentary (2005), and the Scripps-Howard National Journalism Award for the episode of ''This American Life'' about private contractors in Iraq titled "I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help." ''Serial'' Updike is a producer and co-creator of the true crime podcast '' Serial''. Early in production, the creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Brown (comics)
Jeffrey Brown (born July 1975) is an American cartoonist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Biography Early life and education After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, Brown had abandoned painting and started drawing comics seriously. Career Brown specializes in personal and intimate works detailing moments in relationships. He writes and draws his comics in sketchbooks, and his drawing style mirrors the strain and awkwardness of the situations he depicts. His first self-published book, ''Clumsy'' (2002), appeared seemingly out of nowhere to grab attention from cartoonists and comics fans, alike. Brown wrote and drew ''Clumsy'' while at the School of the Art Institute. Established as a sensitive chronicler of bittersweet young-adult romance and nonsensical superhero parody, Brown's current direction remains split between autobiographical material, examining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Koenig
Sarah Koenig (; born July 9, 1969 in New York City) is an American journalist, public radio personality, former producer of the television and radio program ''This American Life'', and the host and executive producer of the podcast '' Serial''. Early life Koenig was born July 1969 in New York City to Julian Koenig and his second wife, Maria Eckhart. Sarah is Jewish. Her father was a well-known copywriter. Her mother was from Tanzania. After her parents' divorce, Sarah’s mother married writer Peter Matthiessen. Koenig attended Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts. Koenig graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990 with an A.B., majoring in Political Science. She attended Columbia University for a postgraduate degree in Russian history, but she left after two weeks. Career After graduating from college Koenig began working as a reporter at '' The East Hampton Star''. Then she worked in Russia as a reporter for ABC News and later for ''The New York Times''. She cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furious Theatre Company
This text is from the Furious Theatre Company website. Reprinted with permission. Company history The critically acclaimed Furious Theatre Company are artists in residence at the Pasadena Playhouse committed to edgy, innovative and original works. The company debuted in April 2002 after they were generously granted the company the use of a section of Armory Northwest, a former plastics factory in Pasadena, California. The company converted the raw warehouse into an alternative performance space. Risers were constructed, the lighting grid hung, and stage curtains built, all by the ensemble. In that converted warehouse, they rapidly produced five plays in 12 months. These productions earned 6 NAACP Theatre Award nominations, two LA Weekly Theater Award nominations, and numerous critics’ picks from the Los Angeles media. The company also received the Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award and The Debut Award from '' Backstage West''. In September 2003, the City of Pasadena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Tate
Gregory Stephen Tate (October 14, 1957December 7, 2021) was an American writer, musician, and producer. A long-time critic for ''The Village Voice'', Tate focused particularly on African-American music and culture, helping to establish hip-hop as a genre worthy of music criticism. ''Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America'' (1992) collected 40 of his works for the ''Voice'' and he published a sequel, ''Flyboy 2'', in 2016. A musician himself, he was a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and the leader of Burnt Sugar. Early life and education Gregory Stephen Tate was born on October 14, 1957, in Dayton, Ohio. When he was 13 years old, his family moved to Washington, D.C. His parents Charles and Florence (Grinner) Tate were civil rights movement activists involved in the Congress of Racial Equality, and played Malcolm X speeches and Nina Simone's music around the house. Tate credited Amiri Baraka's ''Black Music'' and ''Rolling Stone'', which he firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Blumberg
Alex Blumberg is an American entrepreneur, radio journalist, former producer for public radio and television, best known for his work with ''This American Life'', ''Planet Money'', and '' How to Save a Planet''. He is the co-founder and CEO of the podcast network Gimlet Media. Career Blumberg received a B.A. from Oberlin College and is currently an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University."Alex Blumberg, NPR Biography" ''NPR.org''. March 26, 2009. After graduating, Blumberg lived in Russia for a year before returning to his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio and eventually moving to Chicago. In Chicago, he taught science at a private school for four years. In 1994, he spent the summer interning at Harper's Magazine in Brooklyn. Later, he was introduced to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Zimmerman And Ira Glass
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam * Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. * Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement * Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sandlin
Lee Sandlin (August 15, 1956 – December 14, 2014) was an American Chicago-based journalist and essayist. Primarily associated with the ''Chicago Reader'', Sandlin also contributed book reviews to the Wall Street Journal, reviewing books dealing with, among others, Thomas De Quincey, Robert Heinlein, Pauline Kael, and World War II-era novelist James Jones. Early life Sandlin was born in Wildwood, Illinois, and grew up in the Chicago suburbs of Evanston and Winnetka. His father, a Korean War Air Force pilot, was involved in the construction of new subdivisions, which he later wrote about in his essay “The American Scheme.” He attended New Trier High School and then briefly the University of Chicago and Roosevelt University before leaving school to hitch-hike around the country. After settling in Chicago he worked for several years at Booksellers Row, a used-book store, before turning to writing full-time. Career He wrote primarily for the ''Chicago Reader'', where he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Vowell
Sarah Jane Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and voice actress. She has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. She was a contributing editor for the radio program ''This American Life'' on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program's live shows. She was also the voice of Violet Parr in the 2004 animated film ''The Incredibles'' and its 2018 sequel. Early life and education Sarah Vowell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Bozeman, Montana when she was eleven. She has a fraternal twin sister, Amy. She earned a B.A. from Montana State University in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literature, and an M.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. Career Writing Vowell's articles have been published in ''The Village Voice'', ''Esquire'', ''Spin Magazine'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
