Hey there, it's Ira here with a quick message.
The other day,
two colleagues and I went into the studio and we listened to the very first pilot episode from this American Life.
This is a reel to reel tape.
Oh, my God.
I hadn't heard it actually since 1995.
We had no idea what to expect, so let's just jump in.
And it kind of blew our minds just how weird it was.
There were found tapes.
I don't want to see you cut your thumbnails.
For God's sake.
Shut up, little man.
And performance art.
It was an animal until I learned a calendar.
So now I am a human being.
And just some very bizarre pacing.
But, like, how many minutes are we into this story?
We're 16 and a quarter minutes into this.
Unbelievable.
I was really surprised what this pilot was like.