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17 April 2009

Remember this? Well, I took y'all's advice, talked to my therapist a lot, and I called the guy.[More:]

And you can read about what happened next here.
That's really wonderful news, TrishLynn. Congratulations!
posted by deborah 17 April | 12:51
Congrats!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:51
OMG it really made TAL??? That's awesome!
posted by Stewriffic 17 April | 12:52
Oh WOW. Serious congratulations!
posted by rainbaby 17 April | 12:55
Awesome! I can't wait to hear your segment.
posted by muddgirl 17 April | 12:57
Holy cow, that's awesome!! Good work, Trish!
posted by BoringPostcards 17 April | 12:59
That is, indeed, an awesome thing.
posted by mrmoonpie 17 April | 13:06
I guess my story isn't quite as dramatic, but I met a guy via a Metafilter item, too. I gave him (and his family) a tour of the Library of Congress, and got a signed copy of his Wired story. That was cool.
posted by mrmoonpie 17 April | 13:10
That's really cool, TL. Looking forward to listening to it.
posted by mudpuppie 17 April | 13:27
AWESOME thing is AWESOME! Congratulations!
posted by Elsa 17 April | 13:28
YES! That is so fantastic. I can't WAIT to hear it. So, so glad you went for it!

Say, since you have this one fine feather in your cap already, do you know about PRX, the Public Radio Exchange? You can produce and upload your own radio pieces, and programmers around the country can listen to them and then choose to broadcast them. TAL gets a fair number of pieces from there, as do many of the NPR shows.

It's also a good place just to have a fun listen-around.
posted by Miko 17 April | 13:52
@All: Thanks for the well-wishes so far! The ironic part is that I may not get a chance to listen to it "live" myself because I'm doing apartment showings all weekend.

@Miko: Since I already have an "in" at TAL, I'm gonna pitch pieces there first, but that's actually not a bad idea to start practicing on my own stories, too. Thanks for the link
posted by TrishaLynn 17 April | 14:13
Congrats! That is a dream!
posted by rmless2 17 April | 14:34
Whoa! Mad props, TL!
posted by ooga_booga 17 April | 15:10
Holy crap. That's amazing. Yay, TL!
posted by gaspode 17 April | 15:33
Good job TL!!
posted by halonine 17 April | 16:45
Man, that's great! Congrats!

Remember all us little people when you start making that Big Public Radio Money.
posted by BitterOldPunk 17 April | 17:22
Wow. . .you on my iPod. . or so it sounds like.
posted by danf 17 April | 17:56
Congrats Trisha! This warms my heart. I look forward to the show and I can already say that I will listen to it many many times over.
posted by special-k 17 April | 18:33
That's great! Wish I could listen - is their podcasting available for us Non-USians?
posted by jonathanstrange 17 April | 19:20
jonathanstrange: I believe so. I can't imagine NPR restricting their free podcasts to US only. Just go on itunes and search the store for "This American Life" You should see a download link to the most recent episode (not this one but last weeks). If you do, then yay. You can grab this one on Monday.

Otherwise try the website. Thisamericanlife.org. I think they allow most recent episode downloads. I know they have trouble supporting the bandwidth costs so this may not be true.

If all else fails, let one of us know. We could throw this on divshare or something.
posted by special-k 17 April | 19:29
This?

Awesome!!!!
posted by bunnyfire 17 April | 20:16
Bookmarked. I can't wait to hear it!!
posted by initapplette 17 April | 21:58
Excellent, TL!
posted by brujita 18 April | 00:31
UPDATE: It's Act Two of the show. My heart is pounding so hard in my chest. I'm not even listening to the first Act right now, I'm so nervous/excited.
posted by TrishaLynn 18 April | 10:12
TAL just started here in Mpls, BUT I have to leave for work in 2 minutes. Damn!! I'll have to listen to the podcast later this week.

Anyway, congratulations Trish!!!!!!!!!!! TAL is the coolest show and you're the coolest for getting on!!!!!!!!!!!

{{{{{{{{{{congratulatory hugs}}}}}}}}}
posted by marsha56 18 April | 13:08
That is so, so awesome! Congrats!
posted by casarkos 18 April | 14:17
Just listened. It was touching.

My only real problem was that it could have taken a less black-and-white religious vs. non-religious point of view. This was more one guy's theology (shared by millions), not the only way to be Christian or understand a Christian God.

In fact, his ideas about original sin seem particularly idiosyncratic and far-reaching.
posted by dhartung 18 April | 16:58
one of the best shows on radio in the english language. congrats TrishaLynn!
posted by By the Grace of God 18 April | 20:08
Wow, that's really something, TrishaLynn. It's rare that life's course has such value and such distinct sense of purpose, narrative, lesson, reward. Really sublime; well done.

You're right to be proud of yourself.
posted by Hugh Janus 18 April | 20:22
I didn't see the movie, but it had a great quote in the trailer. || What's the strangest question you've been asked recently?

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