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They couldn't tell it was negative. Maybe I should've been more obvious about it. |
Jamie says the tone of the story changed quite dramatically. You were speaking for the audience in that way. |
I walked them through what they did, but in some ways fought them - this isn't really funny. The tone of it made it a very tricky interview |
They thought they were being funny but I thought, frankly, they were being monsters. |
They couldn't get back home because they were broke. |
They had convinced these scammers to go to Darfur, a war zone, and stayed for several months. |
They try to reverse-scam the scammers. |
Generally we have a story and branch off from there. We started with the idea and branched off to enforcers and so on - scam baiting. |
Jamie Tarabay asks about why Ira did the Nigerian email scam story. |
It can also help the narration of reporters who are print people and new to radio. |
Ira: I don't think it would change much, though it does help us underscore certain things. |
Laura Sullivan asks how Ira's storytelling would change if he couldn't use music. |
It's good manners that anything bad you say about someone on air, you say to them in person. It's fair, and it also makes great tape. |
In the interview, I feel like too much is never enough. |
Ira is taking questions from NPR staff. |
He said "Yes. And every time I fail." Thank you very much. |
Gross once interview my cousin Philip Glass. Do you ever try to make music that sounds like something other than Philip Glass? |
But are you tempted to tell people the trick? No! |
Gross interviewed Ricky Jay, asking when the mechanics of the trick are more interesting the trick itself? Yes, yes! |
Artie: The only diff is when I'm in therapy, no one is playing a fart sound in the background. |