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This American Life

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 21, 2019 by Alex Blumberg · said 18 times in 3 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (10), Alex Blumberg (8)

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2019 16 mentions in 1 episode

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Oct 21, 2019
Assertion Supported
Blumberg: Early This American Life Ran on Ira Glass and Three Producers
“And being the administrative assistant at This American Life, it was, like, Ira and three producers, and they were trying to get out an hour of, like, highly produced radio every single week, and they were just, like, completely up to their necks in work, and …”
Alex Blumberg Oct 21, 2019 ▶ 12:06 Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber
Oct 21, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lieber: Many of the world's most popular podcasts use This American Life's sound
“Which is funny, because now, like, a significant portion of the most popular podcasts on earth are this sound, but at the time, it was really weird.”
Matt Lieber Oct 21, 2019 ▶ 15:49 Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber
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