This American Life is one of a handful of really great programs on NPR. I like most of the stuff on NPR- Prairie Home Companion, Infinite Mind, Click & Clack, and Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me are all great shows. I even like the news shows like All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Too many Public Radio Stations are still on the all Classic music all the time format, which is a bit sad. You can find podcasts of This American Life if your NPR station prefers music to talk. This American Life is thought provoking and funny and occasionally…
Category: NPR
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
When You Are Engulfed in Flames is the latest collection of David Sedaris’s sort of autobiographical essays. I would suggest the audio book over the printed one, as the sound of David Sedaris’s voice is something special. Mel Blanc was one of those men with A Thousand Voices kind of guys, who looked a little small and average when compared to his cartoony talents. David Sedaris has his own personal cartoon voice. David Sedaris has a kind of stereotypical gay voice that is soft and subdued and, I want to say feminine, but that isn’t quite it either. You expect…
The Infinite Mind
Glenn Mitchell was a radio host on KERA in Dallas for many years. Then he died. Very sad. All talk shows are only as good as the person talking, and Glenn was very good. Easy to listen to and very smart. His death left a bit of a void. So KERA spent a couple of weeks trying to figure out what to put in the spot where his show had been. At first they just had The Talk Show, which didn’t work out too well as the person (or was it persons?) they got to replace Glenn couldn’t quite do…