TAL Vox Assignment: Meet the Pros
This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories of wanting to be a pro.
Here's our take on it:
This American Life Episode #192: Meet the Pros
The story of one man's journey from obscurity to international professional celebrity—aided only by his own hard work, a sneaker commercial, and mad handles. And other stories of amateurs hurtling themselves at the pros whose jobs they covet.
Comments
I loved the 'pros' episode! I have a lot of friends who are totally into the whole poker thing and they've actually joined tournaments -- losing and winning lots of money. I'm chicken. I play the slots and I give up after losing 20 bucks.