His father opened his mouth to answer — and then his jaw worked, his face reddened, and, without saying a word, he got up and walked out of the room. That’s the truth about the war: the sense that what happened over there simply can’t be told in the language of peace. It’s sort of […]
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How I Made It in Comedy: Interviews with David Sedaris, Bob Odenkirk, Robert Smigel, Allison Silverman, and Harold Ramis
How I Made It in Comedy: Interviews with David Sedaris, Bob Odenkirk, Robert Smigel, Allison Silverman, and Harold Ramis, excerpted from “And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft”
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How I Made It in Comedy: David Sedaris
Interview with David Sedaris excerpted from “And Here’s the Kicker” by Mike Sacks
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Just Curious: How’d they land Ira Glass?
Ira Glass is in town, doing a Curious Theatre Branch benefit.
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Paul Salopek wins a Polk Award
Paul Salopek of the Chicago Tribune wins a Polk Award for his coverage of an anti-terrorist Pentagon operation in the Horn of Africa.
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Narrowing our definition of “bad”
The Internet falls for Microsoft’s new Songsmith app.
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Torey’s folly
Vocalo, Chicago Public Radio’s experimental station, soft-launches like the Hindenburg.
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Around the web: Chris Ware does This American Life TV, James McManus on Laura Bush, and more
Chris Ware does This American Life TV, James McManus on Laura Bush, and more
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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Before fame called, Ira Glass began a program for the old WBEZ show The Wild Room on this belligerent note: “I do not like the Chicago Tribune, the big daily newspaper where I live. They have a few good reporters, but overall it is a gutless, lifeless newspaper. They handle the serious news usually with […]