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Dec 29, 2014

Here’s What Serial’s Jay Has To Say About Adnan’s Case

Finally, Jay speaks and we’re even more confused.

Dec 22, 2014

Here’s An Idea For Serial’s Second Season: Find Relisha Rudd

Here’s why Sarah Koenig and her team should focus “Serial’s” second season on finding Relisha Rudd.

Dec 01, 2014

Appeal Hearing For Serial’s Adnan Syed Set For January

The power of the podcast gives “Serial’s” Adnan Syed another shot at freedom.

Mar 28, 2012

At Woolly Mammoth, a Much More Apologetic Mike Daisey

A more humbled Mike Daisey sat before an audience at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company last night in the latest round of handwringing over his monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.

Mar 26, 2012

Mike Daisey to Appear at Woolly Mammoth Panel on His Flawed Apple Monologue

Mike Daisey, the writer and performer of The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, will address the fabrication controversy over his monologue at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company on Tuesday.

Mar 21, 2012

Woolly Mammoth Cedes Some Ground on Mike Daisey’s Return

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announced today it will no longer present Mike Daisey’s The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs as a work of non-fiction.

Mar 20, 2012

In Appearance at Georgetown, Mike Daisey Just Digs Deeper

Mike Daisey, whose monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs was renounced last week by This American Life, attempted to explain himself before a Georgetown University crowd last night.

Mar 16, 2012

Woolly Mammoth Sticking With Mike Daisey After This American Life Disavows His Steve Jobs Piece

Even after Mike Daisey’s The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs was retracted by This American Life, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is sticking with a remount of the one-man show and its author.

Oct 08, 2009

DCist Interview: Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia, dressed for success. Mike Birbiglia remembers when the room was a lot smaller. He’s headlining Saturday night at the Warner Theatre, where he’ll tell some stories he’s considering for inclusion in his next one-man show. But he cut his teeth at the DC Improv in the late 90s, while a student at Georgetown University. By the time he was 25, he’d done the The Late Show with David Letterman , released his…

May 02, 2008

Sponsored Post: This American Life on Showtime

The following post is from our advertiser, This American Life on Showtime. This American Life, the Showtime Original Series based on the celebrated Ira Glass radio show, is back with an all-new season. Funny, dramatic and surprising real-life stories from the most extraordinary ordinary people in America come together in what Newsweek proclaims “a jewel of a TV series.” From a stand-up comedy camp for kids, to riding stables in a North Philly ghetto; from…

 
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