Phonograph

Phonograph

Robert McGinley Myers

A sound-rich discussion about the art of audio storytelling, hosted by Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene.

What the Evidence Shows - The Problem We All Live With

What the Evidence Shows - The Problem We All Live With

Rob and Britta discuss a ten year old story from This American Life called "The Problem We All Live With" produced by Chana Joffe-Walt and reported by Nikole Hannah-Jones. It's an example of the kind of documentary journalism we need more than ever, in a world where such journalism is increasingly under threat.  Show Notes: TAL Episode 562: The Problem We all Live With Longform Podast interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones Third Coast Audio Festival Session: Make Them Care Saint Louis Public Rad

Jan 16, • 1:06:19

S2 E4: What's Fun About Being in the Dark - Love and Radio

S2 E4: What's Fun About Being in the Dark - Love and Radio

Show Notes: The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt - Love and Radio Choir Boy - Love and Radio Love and Radio on How Sound Salvatore Scibona reads Denis Johnson - New Yorker Fiction Podcast   Music: Silence Kid - Pavement You’re Killing Me - Pavement Prefect Depth - Pavement The Bus at Dawn - Blue Dot Sessions

Dec 5, 2024 • 1:00:54

S2 E3: Do We Ever Go Back to That? - TAL: Notes on Camp

S2 E3: Do We Ever Go Back to That? - TAL: Notes on Camp

Rob and Britta share a discussion they had in 2019 (but never released) about the classic This American Life episode "Notes on Camp." Topics include their own camp experiences, the power of scary stories, Rob's favorite thing ever recorded by any radio show ever, and the wild back story of the beloved camp counselor David Himmel, aka Mr. Popluar.   Show Notes: Notes on Camp - This American LIfe  “Ira Glass Is a Douche” - Literate Apecast Longform Interview with Julie Snyder   Music: Calisson -

Oct 22, 2024 • 45:55

S2 E2: Suitcase Full of Cash - Startup Part 2

S2 E2: Suitcase Full of Cash - Startup Part 2

On the second of a two-part series about the podast Startup, Rob and Britta talk about how the mini-seasons of the podcast Startup about the growth of Gimlet revealed all kinds of details about the troubles at the company, the ill-fated sale to Spotify, and what all this means for the state of narrative audio.   Show Notes: Skye Pillsbury's newsletter The Squeeze Galen Beebe's website   Music: A Simple Plan Soundrack  Nine Count by Blue Dot Sessions Within the Garden Walls by Blue Dot Sessions

Sep 25, 2024 • 1:06:23

S2 E1: Alarmingly Long Pause - Startup Part 1

S2 E1: Alarmingly Long Pause - Startup Part 1

On the first episode of the new season Rob and Britta talk about what made them want to restart a show about narrative audio. And they discuss the complicated legacy of a podcast that's having its tenth anniversary this year.  Show Notes: Music: Coffaro’s Theme by Bill Frisell "Arabic Tallow" and "At Our Best Alone" from Blue Dot Sessions Gentle Chase - Podington Bear   Audio Excerpts: This American Life - Double Lives Constellation Prize Startup

Sep 5, 2024 • 56:28

Season 2 Teaser

Season 2 Teaser

After more than five years of silence, new episodes of this podcast finally are on their way. Season 2 starts September 5, 2024.

Sep 3, 2024 • 3:13

S1 E5: The Job That Takes Over Your Life (One Long Poetic HIPAA Violation)

S1 E5: The Job That Takes Over Your Life (One Long Poetic HIPAA Violation)

Rob and Britta discuss This American Life Episode 37 - The Job that Takes Over Your Life, as well as Britta’s former job fixing scandals for big companies, and Rob’s former job working for Garrison Keillor. Other topics include the great radio reporter Scott Carrier and his masterpiece of a story The Test, and Rob interviews Peter Clowney, one of the original producers of This American Life, about what it was like to work on the show in the early days. Links and Show Notes: The Job that Takes O

Jan 24, 2019 • 0:55

S1 E4: The Cruelty of Children (Tarantula in a Bowl)

S1 E4: The Cruelty of Children (Tarantula in a Bowl)

Rob and Britta discuss whether this episode is TAL’s first real masterpiece, the role of David Sedaris in the show’s early years, why “The Man in the Well” is the rare example of great audio fiction, the bone-chilling music of the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, and why an effort to keep children from excluding each other makes Rob weirdly emotional. And we talk to the amazing Marlo Mack, from the podcast How to Be a Girl, about her own unique perspective on the cruelty of children. Lin

Jan 10, 2019 • 0:51

S1 E3: Accidental Documentaries (Non-humanoid Member of the Family)

S1 E3: Accidental Documentaries (Non-humanoid Member of the Family)

Rob and Britta discuss This American Life Episode 14: Accidental Documentaries, including their own experience creating accidental documentaries. The main focus of the discussion is the centerpiece of this episode, a documentary edited out of reel to reel tapes that a family sent back and forth to each other back in 1967. And Rob talks to Joe Silovsky, the man who originally found those tapes and gave them to Ira Glass, and whose work as a performance artist echos the experience he had with thos

Dec 5, 2018 • 0:51

S1 E2: Double Lives (The Birth of This American Life)

S1 E2: Double Lives (The Birth of This American Life)

A discussion of This American Life Episode 10: Double Lives. Topics include Rob and Britta's own experiences leading double lives, Rob's childhood habit of breaking into schools at night, why this episode feels like the birth of This American Life, why parents so often hide secrets from their children, what Britta’s parents have been hiding from her, and how it feels to hear Ira Glass talk about sex. This episode also includes an interview with Peter Bresnan, a podcast producer for Gimlet, about

Nov 21, 2018 • 0:57

S1 E1: New Beginnings (F*** You, Django  Reinhardt!)

S1 E1: New Beginnings (F*** You, Django Reinhardt!)

Rob and Britta discuss the very first episode of This American Life, as well as why the show is worth discussing, how they and others became fans of the show, and why they love Ira Glass’s mother. Clips from following were used in this episode: Coffaro’s Theme by Bill Frisell Episode of Tape with Jonathan Menjivar Episode of Tape with Ben Calhoun Ira’s talk at the Third Coast Audio Festival Longform Podcast, Episode 159: Ira Glass This American Life, Episode 1: New Beginnings Ira’s talk at the

Nov 8, 2018 • 0:47

S1 E0: American Whatever

S1 E0: American Whatever

Episode 0 Show Notes Clips from following were used in this episode: This American Life, Episode 1: New Beginnings This American Life, Episode 17: Name Change/No Theme Longform Podcast, Episode 159: Ira Glass Coffaro’s Theme by Bill Frisell

Oct 10, 2018 • 0:06

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