Who else is hooked on This American Life on NPR?

[Phillycat]

I think it is the best radio program that exists, no exaggeration. It's so good every single week. This last week, the program was about crime scenes, and the way they wove that theme throughout the show was brilliant.

This American Life launched the careers of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell, among others, by the way.

Edit: here's their link if you want to check it out:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. I am

And I'd love to be locked in a dark room with Ira AND David :P

[ewagner]

2. I've got their link

as a "favorite"

It airs Sunday at 11AM here and I rarely miss it. In my opinion it is radio at its finest.

[Richardo]

3. Love it!

Production is unbelievably good. Nearly every story grabs me.

Kudos, Ira Glass et al.

[Phillycat]

12. Yes, the production.

I meant to answer this earlier and then got distracted by ACTUAL WORK (how dare they??)

I love the editing. They must have a genius doing their editing. And where do they find all that amazing music? I love the musical interludes between acts.

[brainshrub]

4. I am.

Almost as bad as crack or DU.

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

5. Just heard it last week for the first time. Is it always that good?

It was wonderful!

[Phillycat]

6. Yes! Can you believe it?

It really always IS that good! Sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's poignant, most weeks it's both. Brilliant writing, they find the best short stories to read, and their contributors are top-caliber.

Tune in and you'll be hooked like I am! :)

[stellanoir]

7. I absolutely love Ira Glass

and his quirky commentary and perspectives.

But just to clarify, as he pointed out after Joan Crock bequeathed a rather huge pile of dough to NPR, "This American Life" is sponsored by Public Radio International, not NPR, though NPR carries their show.

My faves over the last year were the ones about the BBC reporter who's folks ran a Inn in rural England (this American life?) and were obsessed with celebrities. They had a "brilliant but troubled artist" do their family portrait with celebrities. It was a complete disaster though so funny.

The other was the "Little Mermaid" reference in a Mom's answering machine message to her son which contained a quite serious expletive deleted when he was at Columbia University in the late 80s or early 90's that was forwarded to the entire campus. She had no clue that everyone had heard it and gained the status of infamy when she showed up on campus for his graduation. That was truly hysterical.

Anyone else hear those. . .?

[Phillycat]

9. You are correct, it's PRI, although I listen to it on my NPR station.

Thanks for the clarification. I haven't heard the two you're talking about, I'd like to! My favorite one so far, I can't remember what the theme was, but it included a story about a man who ran a drawbridge and his son who came with him to work one night. The story was unbelievable.

[no name no slogan]

8. Best show on NPR, period

Take that, Garrison Keillor

[Phillycat]

10. Blows Prairie Home Companion out of the water, IMO.

Although Keillor's show after the election was awesome. Good Dem like us, he is. :)

[realisticphish]

11. i love it

dont listen that often, but when i catch it, i cant stop listening


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