This segment originally aired live on November 25, 2014. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on January 2, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.
Here's The Thing is back on WNYC. In the first episode of the season, host Alec Baldwin speaks with Ira Glass, host of This American Life, about journalism, politics, and interviewing. Tomorrow, hear a Thanksgiving day marathon of highlights from season two of Here's The Thing from 10am to 3pm on 93.9FM, AM 820 and NJPR.
"Who is the Taylor Swift of podcasting?" @AlecBaldwin asks. Answer: @iraglass Listen Live: https://t.co/zNiVz08ni6
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 25, 2014
Very happy to hear that @AlecBaldwin is returning to @WNYC with his outstanding @heresthething #podcast. Thanks, @BrianLehrer.
— Robal (@robalj) November 25, 2014
.@iraglass thought @serial could give listeners the same experience they get from Netflix or HBO. "90% of it is just the sheer skill of it."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 25, 2014
How many more episodes of @serial? Maybe 12, says @iraglass. Does he know if there's an answer in Adnan's case? "We don't know yet."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 25, 2014
On this season of @heresthething: "We wanna do Madonna, David Blaine, an expert on police shootings." @ABFalecbaldwin @AlecBaldwin
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 25, 2014
In-the-can interviews for @wnyc's @heresthething include Gay Talese, Julianne Moore, & @SJP - @ABFalecbaldwin @AlecBaldwin, on @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) November 25, 2014
"The only complaint I have is that there's no correction page on the Internet," @ABFalecbaldwin @AlecBaldwin
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 25, 2014