After last year’s late-to-the-party love affair with This American Life (which still continues I should add – I would never jilt Ira Glass!), my 2008 paramour is Re:Sound, a radio show presented by the Third Coast Festival on Chicago Public Radio. It’s a collection of radio stories from around the world, stories that “you can’t hear anywhere else, unless you live everywhere else.” I’ve been listening to the podcasts and have discovered some real treasures, fantastic stories, mainly documentary, about everything from a very personal account of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (The Lemon Tree, June 3 2006), to stories about the mysterious Theremin and the origin of break beat (The Music Show, April 8 2006), to a very funny story about Richard Shepherd’s experience selling The Matador to Harvey Weinstein at Sundance (The Hollywood Show, September 23 2006).

If you love the art of storytelling then have a listen. You’re in for a treat.

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