As an avid user of Apple computers and products since 1992 (largely because they work and I can use them), I listened with interest to a January 2012 story on This American Life on working conditions in Chinese factories which produce Apple products. I was riveted, however, by this week's episode, which details the fabrications in that story. The show's host, Ira Glass, has an uncomfortably honest conversation with monologuist Mike Daisey. As far as I can tell, no pauses or hesitations were edited out; the raw emotion is pretty difficult to take.
Since its inception, This American Life has produced compelling radio. Now the production staff has taken an unmitigated disaster for its reputation and not only mitigated it: they've turned it into a triumph of the form they've done so much to pioneer.
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