This (white) American Life, Part II...with the actual podcast

In my first post of the day, I endeavored to recreate a broadcast from This American Life from an old memory. I'd tried to find it through various searches but was unsuccessful. And so i wrote what I recalled, which was the gist, if not exact.

However, luckily SciFi Dad is a better searcher than I am and he found the exact piece I meant. Thanks!

Please, have a listen...it's an amazing story. A thousand times more powerful than what I tried to recreate.

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Comments

Suz said…

I've been listening to TAL for years and years and years and years. I wish I got to my computer earlier today because I could have told you where to find the podcast. Also, if you miss TAL, pick up the stream from http://www.thislife.org. I doubt I could work without it!

January 21, 2008 at 12:50 PM

painted maypole said…

thanks for sharing this

January 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM

TwoSquareMeals said…

Wow! Thanks for sharing that. I'll hold onto that one.

January 21, 2008 at 9:09 PM

FENICLE said…

I had to catch up, but thank you for sharing. Very special indeed.

January 21, 2008 at 9:34 PM

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