What sold me on NPR was the addictive stories pitched by shows like This American Life, and All things considered.
Imagine my joy when I found that This American Life was now on TV! It is! It’s on Showtime at 10:30 PM on Thursdays. The real downer was that we don’t get Showtime at home. I know we’re dumb - the only two channels we get at home are the aptly named Channel 9 and then ABC. Two channels - enough to watch dinner to, not enough to spend hours glued to the telly. I so wish I had showtime at 10:30 on Thursdays though!
But worry not, you still can view some shows on Showtime’s website, and Ira Glass - pictured in the pic above - puts a face to a voice I have known. I can’t exactly say I love the voice. I hate the staccato nature of his diction, and he sounds pompous at times, patronizing at other times. I expected him to be much, much older, paunchy, gray hair, with glasses. I only got the glasses part right.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to catch up with the show. Of course you don’t need a genius like me to figure out that you can find the high resolution videos on bittorrent!
