Sample XML TAL

Sample PSD for This American Life

Sample Program Rundowns for This American Life

Single PSD Document for Segmented Program
Multiple PSD Documents for Segmented Program

Single PSD Document for Segmented Program This American Life

Below is presented a DACS for an episode (Program) of the Series This American Life and a single XML file containing PSD for all Segments of that episode (Program). Examples of XML files containing PSD data for single Segments can be found in the next section. Please note: this is provided for reference only and does not reflect endorsement by or editorial decisions of This American Life.

This American Life 5/5/06 DACS

* * Rundown for THIS AMERICAN LIFE 5/05 & 5/06/06 * *

This week: Lockup

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Host: Ira Glass Pgm I.D.: 06C13-000-18 (Satellite Channel B72.8 Stereo) Time: 59:00 Breaks: A :59 second ID break occurs at 31:07 into the hour.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: With the number of prisoners in the United States rising rapidly, stories of their lives, and the lives of their families and children.

Prologue. Host Ira Glass with jazz musician Ed Ryder, who was in prison in Pennsylvania for 20 years for a murder, it was shown later, he did not commit. Ryder played jazz in the pen and out of the pen. He says playing jazz for inmates is a completely different experience. The culture of prison is completely different, and it even affects how prisoners listen to jazz. (4 minutes)

Act I. I Mess With Texas

Over two decades ago, not long after he got out of a Texas prison for robbery, Ray Hill got a job at his local public radio station, KPFT in Houston. He started a weekly program about Texas prisons that's not only the leading muckraking voice in the state when it comes to exposing graft and corruption in prison facilities there. He also does something else that makes it one of the most unusual and remarkable radio programs in the country: For most of an hour, he takes calls from people whose families are in prison; they talk to their loved ones behind bars, over the radio. Ray explains, and we hear clips from his show. (14 minutes)

Song: "God Bless the Child," Ed Ryder sings

Act II. Mother's Day

As the number of female prisoners climbs, visiting rooms are packed on Mother's Day. Eighty percent of female inmates have children at home. Amanda Coyne has been to a number of these Mother's Days, bringing her nephew to visit his mother - Amanda's sister. Among the difficult moments that come with these visits: What do you say to a five-year-old who wants to know, is his mommy a bad guy? (10 minutes)

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ID break -- 59 seconds of music for stations to air under local announcements, comes between 25 and 35 minutes into the show. Today it's 31:07 into the hour. OUR OUTCUE BEFORE THE BREAK: "... when our program continues." ***********************************************************

Act III. Who's Your Daddy?

A reading of a pamphlet written by an ex-con for heterosexual men who are about to enter prison, about how to "hook up" with a stronger man - a "daddy" or "jocker" - who'll provide protection in return for sex. He explains the rules and mores that govern this part of American prison culture. Note there's a content advisory for this story; Ira warns listeners on the air before it starts. There's no graphic language and there are no graphic images, but it does acknowledge the existence of sexual acts. Read by Larry DiStasi. (6 minutes)

Act IV. Open Your Big Mouth

What happens when you go into a place - in this case a prison - where there are all sorts of codes about what you're never supposed to say ... and you say every one of them. Rick Reynolds tells a story from his one-man show (and CD) "All Grown Up and Nowhere to Go," about performing stand-up comedy at a maximum security prison just before Christmas some years ago. Note there's a content advisory for this story; Ira warns listeners on the air. (6 minutes)

Song: "In the Jailhouse Now," Steve Earle and the V-Roys

Act V. Color Bar

Former South African political prisoner Breyten Breytenbach, on how prison changes all your perceptions in ways that last after you've been released. The painter and poet was interviewed by New Yorker magazine writer Lawrence Weschler for a radio series called "Territories of Art," for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 1986. He was recorded by Stephen Erickson. Weschler used the interviews in writing his book "Calamities of Exile." Breytenbach recounts the experiences in his book "Confessions of an Albino Terrorist." (11 minutes)

Song: "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart and Throw Away the Key," Billie Holiday

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Times are approximate.

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Sample XML: This American Life 5/05 & 5/06/06

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SeriesTitle> This American Life </SeriesTitle>

<SeriesDescription> Just like Car Talk. Except just one guy hosting. And no cars </SeriesDescription>

<SeriesHost> Ira Glass </SeriesHost>

<SeriesUnderwriterName1> Sponsored by Volkswagen of America </SeriesUnderwriterName1>

<SeriesUnderwriterTag1> Safe can happen any time, anywhere. Volkswagen: "Safe Happens"</SeriesUnderwriterTag1>

<SeriesUnderwriterName2> Sponsored by Pals Books, An independent bookseller since 1971 </SeriesUnderwriterName2>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

�----------Show Info---------------�

<PgmTitle> LockUp </PgmTitle>

<PgmDescription> Prisoners, their lives and the lives of their families and children </PgmDescription>

<PgmHost> Ira Glass </PgmHost>

<PgmComment1> >Warning: contains adult subject matter </PgmComment1>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Program>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Prologue </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> Ira Talks with Jazz Musician Ed Ryder </SegDescription>

<SegHost> Ira Glass </SegHost>

<SegGuest> Ed Ryder <SegGuest>

<SegComment1>Ryder was in prison for 20 years for a murder he did not commit</SegComment1>

<SegComment2>The culture of prison even affects how prisoners listen to jazz </SegComment2>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Act 1: Mess with Texas </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> Ira Talks with prisoner rights activist Ray Hill </SegDescription>

<SegHost> Ira Glass </SegHost>

<SegComment1>Ray Hill is the leading voice in Texas radio exposing </SegComment1>

<SegComment2>graft and corruption in prison facilities</SegComment2>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SongTitle> God Bless the Child<SongTitle>

<SongArtist> Ed Ryder </SongArtist>

<SongAlbum> Ed Ryder's Golden Greats</SongAlbum>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

<SegType> Music </SegType>

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Act II Mothers Day </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> Amanda Coyne brings her nieces to visit their mother in prison </SegDescription>

<SegHost> Amanda Coyne </SegHost>

<SegComment1>Eighty percent of female inmates have children at home </SegComment1>

<SegComment2>Female prison visiting rooms are packed on Mother's Day</SegComment2>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Act III. Who's Your Daddy? </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> Larry DiStasi explains the rules and mores of prison culture </SegDescription>

<SegHost> Larry DiStasi </SegHost>

<SegComment1>Warning: contains adult subject matter </SegComment1>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Act IV. Open Your Big Mouth </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> Rick Reynolds on performing stand-up at a maximum security prison </SegDescription>

<SegHost> Rick Reynolds <SegHost>

<SegComment1> Warning: contains adult subject matter </SegComment1>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SongTitle>In the Jailhouse Now</SongTitle>

<SongArtist>Steve Earle and the V-Roys</SongArtist>

<SongAlbum> Steve Earle and the V-Roys Live</SongAlbum>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

<SegType> Music </SegType>

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Act V: Color Bar </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> How prison changes your perceptions even after you're released </SegDescription>

<SegHost>New Yorker magazine writer Lawrence Weschler<SegHost>>

<SegGuest> Breyten Breytenbach </SegGuest>

<SegComment1> Lawrence Weschler talks with painter and poet </SegComment1>

<SegComment2> Former South African political prisoner Breyten Breytenbach </SegComment2>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

</Segment>

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SongTitle> I'm Gonna Lock My Heart and Throw Away the Key </SongTitle>

<SongArtist>Billie Holiday</SongArtist>

<SongAlbum>Golden Greats of Jazz</SongAlbum>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

<SegType> music </SegType>

</Segment>

</Program>

</Series>

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Multiple PSD Documents for Segmented Programs

As noted elsewhere in this document, it may be necessary or convenient to create PSD documents that correspond to a single Segment of a Program. Below is an example of PSD data for the first Segment of This American Life in both DACS and PSD XML format. (Click here to see PSD documents for the first two Segments of PRI's The World). An actual deployment would contain a number of XML files equal to the total number of Segments in a given Program. PSD information presented here is for demonstration purposes only and does not reflect the editorial decisions of the shows' producers.

DACS for first segment of This American Life 9/1/06

Rundown for THIS AMERICAN LIFE 9/1/06 & 9/2/06

This week: "Not What I Meant"

Host: Ira Glass

Pgm I.D.: 06C13-000-35 (Channel B72.8 Stereo)

Length: 59:00

Breaks: A :59 second I.D. break occurs at 38:52 into the hour.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Stories about how easy it is for communication

to go awry, and what the consequences can be after it does.

Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks to film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader (http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/) about an anonymous love letter that turned out to be very different than it seemed.

PSD for first Segment of This American Life 9/1/06

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SeriesTitle> This American Life </SeriesTitle>

<SeriesDescription> Just like Car Talk. Except just one guy hosting. And no cars. </SeriesDescription>

<SeriesHost> Ira Glass </SeriesHost>

<SeriesUnderwriterName1> Sponsored by Volkswagen of America </SeriesUnderwriterName1>

<SeriesUnderwriterTag1> Safe can happen any time, anywhere. Volkswagen: "Safe Happens"</SeriesUnderwriterTag1>

<SeriesUnderwriterName2> Sponsored by Pals Books, An Independent bookseller since 1971 </SeriesUnderwriterName2>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

<SeriesHasPgmInfo> Y </SeriesHasPgmInfo

�----------Show Info---------------�

<PgmTitle>" Not What I Meant" <PgmTitle>

<PgmDescription> Stories about how easy it is for communication to go awry <PgmDescription>

<PgmHost> Ira Glass</PgmHost>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

�----------Show Info---------------�

<SegTitle> Prologue </SegTitle>

<SegDescription> An anonymous love note turns out to be something very different </SegDescription>

<SegHost> Ira Glass </SegHost>

<SegGuest> Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum </SegGuest>

�----------Housekeeping tags---------�

<SegAudioFile> thisamer_003_SEG01.wav </SegAudioFile>

</Segment>

</Program>

</Series>

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