This American Life : The Competition
First, a little media zen: My favorite satirical print media lampoons my favorite radio broadcast media and hilarity ensues.
This American Life Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence
Followed up by one of the best This American Life episodes I’ve heard in awhile: The Competition.
This captures what’s right in America and what’s wrong in America, and presents it in such a way that it makes me want to shout out loud with enthusiastic applause. (Which, coincidentally, I did while listening to the show on a run.)
If you don’t listen to this show, you’re missing out.
Filed under culture : Comments (2) : Dec 4th, 2007 by tadfad
December 6th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I’ve been very impressed with the show since adding it to my podcast subscriptions (thanks, iTunes) this fall. I haven’t missed an episode yet. Haven’t gotten around to listening to “the competition” yet, but enjoyed “Poultry Slam” quite a bit last week.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
1. I listened to this installment of “This American Life” on Saturday and cried. Real tears. I am sharing the Act about the families connected through Lucas and Sarah’s heart as this Friday’s “Break for Beauty.”
2. Onion writers: Don’t scare me like that! I had to rush to the “This American Life” website to find out if they were really finished. Reassured, the laughs came freely. “The unique challenges of growing up in families supportive of their homosexuality.” Hilarity, indeed!