If you have never listened to it before, I highly recommend you check out This American Life, a weekly radio show distributed by Public Radio International. The show can be heard on public radio stations (it airs Tuesday evenings at 7:30 in Missoula), and is also available as a free podcast both on their website and through iTunes.
Each week the show features a theme and tells stories that surround the central idea. The stories are bits from everyday lives, told in a completely captivating way. Host Ira Glass introduces the different stories, tells interesting anecdotes and weaves the short excerpts into a cohesive show. This description doesn't do it justice, of course - it's so much better than I can possibly describe in a few sentences. If you want a better idea of what the show is like, here is a link to their about the radio show page.
If you're interested but don't know where to start, they have a list of their favorite shows posted on the website, and these archived shows are available for free in streaming audio, or available for download for a small fee.
Listen to it - seriously. It'll be one of the best spent hours of your week.
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It seems everyone is in to this show lately. I might have to break down and actually check it out.
We've been listening for a long time, but it is one of the many treasures of Chicago Public Radio. (One of the serious upsides of moving here!) Within about of week of moving here Cristie went to a reading that he was doing at our local B&N. (She's definitely the bigger fan.)
Of course "he" being Ira Glass.
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