Sean Cole
Sean Cole is a producer at This American Life .
Over the years, he’s worked with many other shows including 99% Invisible , Radiolab , Marketplace , Studio 360 and Only a Game .
He started his career in 1997 as a newsroom intern at WBUR in Boston
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In the late 1930s, Massachusetts flooded four towns in the central part of the state to create a reservoir for the city of Boston. More than 2,000 people lived in those towns.
A loving examination of the Chicagoan language by four non-etymologists.
This hour, waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for an organ transplant and waiting for a bus that's never, ever going to come.
This week: dreams and dreamers of all kinds - lucid, fictional, public and elusive.
This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts.
This hour: Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything inbetween.
This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles.
This hour: the story of four small towns that were evacuated and flooded to create one of the biggest reservoirs of drinking water on the east coast.
This hour: a beached whale in Maine, a conversation with the "real" Darth Vader, school kids deconstruct the work of one of America's most difficult poets, and more.
This hour: a story about the vagaries of memory, leaving a legacy, and elevating the personal narrative above the political mire.
This hour: producers and sound artists go to the audio playground and remix to their heart's content.
This hour, stories dedicated to our furry and not-so-furry friends.
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Let's face it: you're funny and cunning and smart and insightful; disarming, direct, and hopelessly attractive. Why not give the people what they want -- more you! Sure you're not what the story is about.
In 2003 the TCF introduced our "ShortDocs", by inviting producersto submit written proposals for radio stories (five to seven minutes in length) about a single topic - 'thirst'.
Many more to be added in the weeks to come!
Every other fall, the Third Coast stretches its wings, embraces a film festival model (minus the popcorn - too noisy) and presents the Third Coast Filmless Festival - a celebration of sound, story, and the art of listening.
Audie Cornish and Sean Cole came up in radio together — smoking on the front steps of WBUR in Boston, puzzling over stories. Now Audie is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered and Sean is a producer at This American Life .
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This year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Radio Impact, Lifetime Achievement and Audio Luminary.
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November 1-3, Chicago
October 16-19, Chicago