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Below find TAL press and miscellany that's on the Web. If you're aware of an article or feature we haven't linked, or if any of these links have changed (it's hard to keep up), let us know. Thanks.

 

In the New York Times Sunday Magazine: a profile of Ira Glass and the show, The Glow at the End of the Dial. By Marshall Sella, with photography by Amy Arbus. April 11, 1999.

In The Nation: a commentary on the show by Bill McKibben, November 24, 1997. Reprinted with permission, this appears on our site.

In Business Week Online, a piece describing the show: Tuning In to the Voices of America, by Thane Peterson, April 3, 2001.

In the American Journalism Review: It's a Wonderful Life This American Life, Ira Glass' innovative public radio program, is in the vanguard of a journalistic revolution. By Marc Fisher. July/August 1999. Reproduced on our site with AJR and Fisher's kind permission.

In Time Magazine: Ira Glass is named America's best radio host, with a profile written by David Mamet. June, 2001.

A sneak peak at the TAL storage wall.

A special insider Sneak Peek - at the TAL Storage wall!! All our old DATs, cassettes, etc, and so neatly organized! Photo copyright Jon Hughes.

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