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by Jessica Abel

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A Library Journal Best Book of 2015

Go behind the scenes of seven of today's most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including This American Life and RadioLab, in graphic narrative.

Every week, millions of devoted fans tune in to or download This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, Serial, Invisibilia and other narrative radio shows. Using personal stories to breathe life into complex ideas and issues, these beloved programs help us to understand ourselves and our world a little bit better. Each has a distinct style, but every one delivers stories that are brilliantly told and produced. Out on the Wire offers an unexpected window into this new kind of storytelling--one that literally illustrates the making of a purely auditory medium.

With the help of This American Life's Ira Glass, Jessica Abel, a cartoonist and devotee of narrative radio, uncovers just how radio producers construct narrative, spilling some juicy insider details. Jad Abumrad of RadioLab talks about chasing moments of awe with scientists, while Planet Money's Robert Smith lets us in on his slightly goofy strategy for putting interviewees at ease. And Abel reveals how mad--really mad--Ira Glass becomes when he receives edits from his colleagues. Informative and engaging, Out on the Wire demonstrates that narrative radio and podcasts are creating some of the most exciting and innovative storytelling available today.

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  • Title Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
  • Author Jessica Abel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Uncorrected Proo
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY), NY
  • Publication date 2015-08-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780385348430 / 0385348436
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 18.03 x 1.78 cm)
  • Category Graphic Novels
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic novels, Radio - Production and direction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015021751
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.440

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2015, Page 46
  • Entertainment Weekly, 11/13/2015, Page 63
  • Kirkus Best Nonfiction, 12/01/2015, Page 4
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2015, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2015, Page 72
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/18/2015, Page 0

About the author

Cartoonist and writer JESSICA ABEL is the author of two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics, written in collaboration with her husband, the cartoonist Matt Madden. She is also the author of the graphic novel La Perdida and a new science fiction comics series called Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars.
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