Enjoy NPR's This American Life? Got an hour-long commute or workout, and an MP3 player? You may enjoy this archive of downloadable This American Life programs. I recommend episode 178, "Superpowers".
Posted by Peter at June 19, 2006 09:42 PMAh, yes. I can also recommend Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, On the Media and The Business. All fine shows (of different stripes).
And for the record: I am a flyer. I have no interest in the invisibility. (Okay, maybe a little.)
Posted by: Dug on June 20, 2006 07:56 PMHe who hesitates...that'd be me. The archive was removed today before I had a chance to procure. Bummer.
Posted by: Jonathan on June 21, 2006 02:00 PMD'oh!
You can still listen to streaming MP3s for free directly from This American Life's web site, or you can download RealAudio versions using the following format: http://www.wbez.org/ta/EPISODENUMBER.rm (just replace EPISODENUMBER with the number of the episode you want).
Posted by: Peter on June 21, 2006 02:29 PMOr, if you want to download the MP3s instead of streaming them, you can create a web page with the direct link to the MP3 file you want using the format
http://audio.wbez.org/tal/EPISODENUMBER.mp3
then just right-click on the link and save to a file. Even easier would be to send yourself an email with the link embedded in it (I just tried it, and it works great).
Posted by: Peter on June 21, 2006 02:39 PM