Debut of the ITL "Listener Cold Call"

Posted at 3:14 PM on June 26, 2009 by Jeff Horwich

OK, an experiment:

When we gathered with listeners a while back, one of the ideas they pitched was that we essentially "cold call" listeners to talk about what's in the news. (It hearkens back to our live-audience days, when anyone could join in the conversation about the ideas and trends we were covering. Lots of folks miss that dynamic, and I do too.)

Hmmm. Worth a shot.

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Our first guinea pig was Colin Ernst. On the agenda: Health care reform & Iran.

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