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…
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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…