Stasi and Google Maps
During the Cold War the East German Secret Service (the Stasi) turned listening in on citizens into an art. Today's creative Berliners have turned it into a tourist attraction.
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Stephen Glass on This American Life
TAL does not have audio of Glass's work for them online because Glass made up so much of his work whole clothe. But here one is on Youtube.
Hindsight is 20/20 so it's impossible to listen and not feel like you can sense that Glass (Stephen, not Ira. No relation) is lying. In his pauses and his bursts of details, his seemingly affected emotions...
Despite the fact -- or maybe because of the fact -- that we are probably hearing unadulterted bullshit, this is really compelling audio.
[quality is not great, sorry. email or tweet if you find something better]
added july 31, 2012
Jonah Lehrer On Why It's Hard To Do The Right Thing
"It turns out, Jonah explains, that the part of our brain that is most reasonable, rational and do-the-right-thing is easily toppled by the pull of raw sensual appetite, the lure of sweet. Knowing something is the right thing to do takes work — brain work — and our brains aren't always up to that."
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Raw Audio Of Aurora Shooting Police/Fire Dispatch
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added june 25, 2012
Splash! AD Contributor Wins Edward R. Murrow Award
Audiodocumentary.org curator, contributor, co-editor Rich Halten has won an Edward R. Murrow award for his haunting documentary Splash (renamed for broadcast). This proves that Rich is just as talented at producing radio as he is at finding great stuff to share on AD. Congrats Rich!