Happy Friday eve everyone! On today’s show Ecuador grants Assange Asylum and in response the UK government commits itself to getting Assange to Sweden after threatening to storm the Ecuadorian embassy. Sam will cover all of the latest today!
Also from the archives an interview with the late journalist, humorist and This American Life contributor David Rakoff.





12:11 pm
The Associated Press @AP
Special delivery? Diplomatic mail among unlikely options for Julian Assange to leave Ecuador embassy: http://apne.ws/QFMQjt -SC
12:40 pm
BBC News (World) @BBCWorld
Sweden says Ecuador’s offer of asylum to Julian #Assange is unacceptable: “we will summon the Ecuadorean Ambassador” http://bbc.in/PfVBVa
12:45 pm
Very interesting live coverage from the Guardian:
http://tinyurl.com/8zkss8r
1:35 pm
<3 David R. You were lucky to have met him. Everybody's effin dying.
Mum's the word about the hair. (Consult SSS blog archives…)
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"TELL THE PEOPLE!" becomes namedrop thurs…