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How often does TAL recycle material? I could have sworn that I heard the "we've dated a decade, let's see other people" story from a couple weeks ago, as well as the adopted felon story from this week. Was I the only person to notice those?
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Last week the whole episode was a repeat wasn't it? That happens pretty often. But yeah every now and then there's one segment of a new episode that I'm sure has been repeated. I know I'd already heard the story from a few weeks ago about the guy falling off the pier, getting his shorts stuck on a nail and exposing his penis.
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Feb 26, 2014 23:29
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I really wish they'd tack on a "This is a repeat" on the podcast version. I do usually recognize the repeats immediately but sometimes it takes me 20 minutes and then I get annoyed.
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Feb 26, 2014 23:40
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Why not just look at the episode number?
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Feb 27, 2014 00:08
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I usually delete podcast episode off my phone after a few days to make space because I listen to probably 2 dozen. Yeah, they do repeat a lot. Ah well. They were asking for money last week. I should probably end some so they can branch out a bit more.
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Feb 27, 2014 00:17
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How often have you heard the 'I'm a physicist without a girlfriend and here is the equation we made, based on Drakes, about available women'
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Feb 27, 2014 00:29
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zakharov posted:Why not just look at the episode number? I don't usually even look right away. I know, its stupid. But I just start playing them on my commute so I usually start them very early in the morning so I kind of am waking up to the show.
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Feb 27, 2014 01:00
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This week's episode, Surrogates, was chilling. It exists in that weird space between denial, abuse, love, change, and stasis.
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A follow up from the "Stuck in The Middle Show": Gital, that Jewish woman trying to get her Get in order to be formally divorced from her husband, apparently got it. She only had to bribe him with something in the "low six figures"! e: the dad in Surrogates infuriates me aaaaaaaaa Zorak fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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Mar 15, 2014 17:46
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"520: No Place Like Home" I know the story about the "Caminata Nocturna" had a serious tone, but that pretend border crossing sounds fun as gently caress. 200 pesos is 15$, which is insanely cheap for the amount of production value the trek seemed to have.
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^^^ well they did mention that none of the actors were getting paid, so 200 pesos is not really a fair price. Just got around to listening to the latest episode, and it's one of my favorite shows they've done. The second story about the people from the US living in Mexico particularly resonated as I immigrated to the US as a 4 year old from China because my dad was going to graduate school here, and it would've sucked rear end if I had to move back after living here for a few years. But the story about Trouble was also unexpectedly deep.
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I had just listened to "Dead Men Tell No Tales" this morning, so it was weird to see a followup on it in the news: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...d572_story.html Nothing particularly interesting, just that the FBI agent was cleared in the shooting.
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That kid at the beginning of last week's podcast  Having a psychopath kid would be one of the most horrifying things I think. There's almost literally nothing you can do.
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Apr 2, 2014 08:06
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Zorak posted:That kid at the beginning of last week's podcast I was really reminded of the unconditional love (#317) episode, which aired back in December. Especially the story where the mother had to teach her son to love her by being with him at all hours of the day.
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Having a psychopath kid would be one of the most horrifying things I think. There's almost literally nothing you can do.
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Zorak posted:That kid at the beginning of last week's podcast As someone currently in discussions with my girlfriend about whether or not either of us wants to have kids (I kinda don't), this week's episode was fantastic for pushing my viewpoint. Jesus. And yeah, in addition to that kid being a horrible monster like a real life "We Need To Talk About Kevin", if he continues that way, I bet you the mother is going to get a whole lot of scrutiny from the community assuming it's just her terrible parenting skills that made him that way.
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Yeeeah. I foresee a lot of therapy in the future for the other two kids. Assuming the psychopath kid doesn't end up killing one of them. Edit: Also, on the mother's blog, she comes off a lot less sympathetic than she did on the show. Plus it's awfully designed. Johnny Longtorso fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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I see no one has said anything about this weeks episode. I experienced it last night on a late drive back from Passover, and it was hands down one of the most insane episodes of TAL that I've listened to in a long time. I sort of want to listen to it again now that I'm not groggy and driving for a while so that I can process the whole thing. Edit: I'm specifically referring to the final section of "Tarred and Feathered," but hearing that woman from the section about libel talk about how the guy was being "lusty" was such a bizarre thing to hear late at night. Max fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Apr 15, 2014 |
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Apr 15, 2014 20:54
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Max posted:I see no one has said anything about this weeks episode. I experienced it last night on a late drive back from Passover, and it was hands down one of the most insane episodes of TAL that I've listened to in a long time. I sort of want to listen to it again now that I'm not groggy and driving for a while so that I can process the whole thing. I liked the cheerful, unintentionally racist lawyer in that part. "Yer my first chinawoman!  "
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Yeah, that was one hosed up episode. My favorite in a while. I can't believe that woman in the middle story agreed to be interviewed, although she's clearly batshit crazy.
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Yes, that woman sounded like such an over-the-top caricature I couldn't believe it. The pedophile story was definitely interesting. I talked to my wife, who's a counselor, because what that kid's first counselor did seemed incredibly unethical (telling his mom without consent), but apparently the legality of such an action differs from state to state. The rest of the story was very intriguing and heartbreaking. I think what the guy was doing is quite admirable.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Yes, that woman sounded like such an over-the-top caricature I couldn't believe it. That was my thought as well at first, but when they got into the murkiness of reporting laws I understood her position better. Also, given what that one support group guy said about the massive depression he was going through before he found the support group, I imagine Adam would have faced the same thing had his mother not been told.
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Undeclared Eggplant posted:Yeah, that was one hosed up episode. My favorite in a while. I can't believe that woman in the middle story agreed to be interviewed, although she's clearly batshit crazy. It's amazing how rumors spread in a small town like that. Makes you feel really bad for that man, losing his fiancee' and then being shunned by the whole town when they should have been rallying around him. It makes me wonder if the rumor got legs because it's so much easier for people to comfortably hate someone then be uncomfortable in sharing their grief.
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Whoa, yeah, I've gotta agree with all the previous posts, that was one of the best TAL episodes in a while. I was pretty uncomfortable through the whole thing. I'm always impressed at the access they're able to gain for stories like those, I wonder how long it takes to develop that sort of relationship with their subjects.
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There's looking, and then there's looking.
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hope and vaseline posted:There's looking, and then there's looking. The moral superiority was boggling enough, and then you remember underneath it all is the dedication to have a conversation with yourself on a small town messageboard to smear this person.
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BobTheCow posted:Whoa, yeah, I've gotta agree with all the previous posts, that was one of the best TAL episodes in a while. I was pretty uncomfortable through the whole thing. I'm always impressed at the access they're able to gain for stories like those, I wonder how long it takes to develop that sort of relationship with their subjects. I think the pedophile interviewer mentioned he'd spent about 18 months working on the story.
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It's also going to be a story on Medium.com. Another upcoming episode sounds interesting, they want you to tell them about the time you got high.
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The mentality of "if it's written down, it must be true!" explains so much about how this country operates that I'm surprised I've never heard it stated outright like that until now. And yes, that was a really really good episode and I'm not sure which segment struck me harder. Even the intro story about the Irish militia actually tarring & feathering a guy for encroaching on their drug turf was crazy!
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It was strange listening to the start of the Death and Taxes episode, before I realised that was the story Bo Burnham told on WTF about his mum forgetting the presidents name.
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Did anyone else skip the parts of the last episode where the comedians talked. I found them seriously boring. But that Price is Right story was great.
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AstroWhale posted:But that Price is Right story was great. Here's the youtube video of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGvG-KRz5h0
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"Call for Help" was one of the worst episodes I've heard in a while. I only got a few minutes into each segment before skipping them. The middle one was the worst; it just seemed like a cheap plug for that woman's new podcast. Sorry, Anna Sale, but regardless of which former Senator gets involved, your love life is not that interesting.
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AstroWhale posted:Did anyone else skip the parts of the last episode where the comedians talked. I found them seriously boring. Wyatt Cenac was great. Sweet Dave <3
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The bad baby episode from a few weeks ago was terrifying. Completely out of control but your kid just ends up being a loving sociopath. E: Also the Tarred and Feathered with that delusional topix lady was just terrible. soggybagel fucked around with this message at 01:33 on May 13, 2014 |
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Listened to some of the "I Was So High" episode, turned it off. Bummer, sounded promising but they even admit in the episode that other peoples' drug stories aren't as funny as they think they are... and they are right. Maybe the third act had something good?
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I'm most sad that they cut the part where Ira talks about taking ecstasy: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/03/ira-glass-the-first-time-i-took-ecstasy-my-anxiety-lifted-away
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I also bailed on the drug one because I dunno, I'm just not all that fascinated by people casually doing drugs? I mean it's something people do but it seems like kind of a dull story. No wonder they had to fish for additional content at the very last moment. Haven't listened to last week's episode yet though, hope it's good! e: It was good! The first part was particularly interesting. Zorak fucked around with this message at 07:08 on May 15, 2014 |
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I started going through my Moth queue ad I've ignored it for a while due to the 20 minutes of ads every radio hour episode (funny that the ad time seems so much shorter when it's on the radio) and it's amazing how many stories amount to "I went on this vacation and it was cool" or "I bought this neat thing." It's like every awful one time date I've been on where the girl has one story from years ago that isn't interesting no matter how you tell it. It's funny because I performed at a story slam event and there were a ton more amazing stories there but they never pick up on the good ones for the show. Being a celeb, transgender, octogenarian or having cancer seems to be the criteria for being picked up if you're not a published author. got dat wmd fucked around with this message at 12:50 on May 15, 2014 |
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got dat wmd posted:I started going through my Moth queue ad I've ignored it for a while due to the 20 minutes of ads every radio hour episode (funny that the ad time seems so much shorter when it's on the radio) and it's amazing how many stories amount to "I went on this vacation and it was cool" or "I bought this neat thing." It's like every awful one time date I've been on where the girl has one story from years ago that isn't interesting no matter how you tell it. There's a lot of "my sister had cancer" or stories as well, or "I adopted a baby the end" stories. I think it fools a lot of people because the story teller will sometimes show a lot of emotion while telling it, but if you think about it it's just an unremarkable story being told by someone that it didn't even happen to.
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