My 'This American Life' Game

Recently, upon the urging of several friends, I started listening to This American Life. It is great, but it's kind of hard to explain why it's so great. They take ordinary topics and find a few stories that deal with that topic and present them over an hour.

If you've never listened to it, you should give it a try. You may love it. You may hate it. But, at least you will know what I am talking about when I reference it, which I am sure to do.

The show has a few quirky idiosyncrasies. I particularly enjoy one found in the credits. At the end of the show, Ira Glass, the host, rattles off some credits and usually a Saab plug. One of the credits is for their boss, Tony someone. Every week he, Ira, says something like, "This show was overseen by our boss, who describes his job this way..." and then they will play a clip from the show. It's usually something pretty humorous.

Today I started playing a game with myself. Each time I listen to the podcast, I'm going to try to guess which clip they will use in the credits. I didn't get it right on my first attempt, but I think I can do it.

Do you listen to This American Life?