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Daily Update for April 9, 2012

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 9th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Marketplace reporter visits Foxconn factory in China

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 9th, 2012)

Marketplace's China correspondent Rob Schmitz is known as the man who uncovered the falsehoods about Foxconn factory conditions being told by Mike Daisey in his play, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. As a follow-up to the report, Schmitz got an inside look at a Foxconn factory in ...

Foxconn won't sue This American Life, Daisey

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

Late last week, radio show This American Life retracted an episode published in January that showcased Mike Daisey's performance of The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (our review). The show was removed when TAL discovered inaccuracies in Daisey's account, one of which suggested Daisey himself ...

Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: New iPads, theatrical revelations, and special guest Christina Warren

by Michael Rose (Mar 18th, 2012)

The green beer taps may have run dry, but that's no cause for despair: the TUAW Talkcast is here to soothe your headache and recommend you take it easier next year. Tonight, of course, we want to talk about the new iPad -- so if you've got one, come on over and flaunt it! We'll also review ...

Daily Update for March 16, 2012

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2012)

Whoopsie Daisey: This American Life episode on Foxconn's iPad factories 'partially fabricated,' retracted

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2012)

Last month, we reviewed Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs", a monologue in which the storyteller opines on his trip to China and his time with workers in a Foxconn iPad plant. Daisey's story was the basis of an episode of PRI's "This American Life," and now the show has ...

Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" available under an open license

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Mike Daisey is making headlines with The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, a stirring monologue about his love of Apple and disappointment with working conditions in Apple's supplier factories. Daisey's monologue details his trip to China and his time with workers from Foxconn's Shenzhen plant. ...

Mike Daisey's "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is funny, forceful agitprop (Update)

by Michael Rose (Feb 6th, 2012)

Update Mar 17 2012: This American Life, after additional reporting, retracted the episode featuring excerpts from Daisey's show. Some of the assertions Daisey made in his monologue, including a key passage about encountering workers injured by n-hexane exposure, are now acknowledged by Daisey ...

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs previews early

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 17th, 2010)

We reported on Mike Daisey's monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs earlier this year. The play was (and is still) scheduled for a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre from January 14 to February 27, 2011, but due to popular demand, the monologue will now preview for one night only on ...

Life of Steve Jobs to be a play

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 4th, 2010)

The Berkeley Repertory Theater is producing a play titled The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. The play will be a monologue monologuist piece that "dives into the epic story of a real-life Willy Wonka whose personal obsessions profoundly affect our everyday lives" The play isn't all roses ...