ICE Capades
Spencer Platt
Dispatches from a government agency in its tumultuous teenage years.
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Ira Glass's Commencement Speech at the Columbia Journalism School Graduation
The Columbia University School of Journalism asked Ira Glass to speak at their commencement and gave him an award for “singular journalistic performance.”
Our New Movie, "Come Sunday"
The film tells the real-life story of Carlton Pearson, who was a rising star in the Pentecostal church and Oral Roberts’s protégé.
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David writes about his soft spot for stories where the plot propels the thing, where you keep wondering how everything is going to play out.
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