This American Life -- Health Care Edition

Hi all,

I'm sure there are some This American Life fans in our class, so I wanted to point your attention to the last two weeks' episodes of this radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. Both deal with multiple issues in the health care debate.

For those who don't know, This American Life is a radio show produced by Ira Glass that tells the stories of Americans dealing with ordinary problems to the extraordinary. There are usually anywhere from 2-5 stories per show and they're tied together with some uniting theme.

I know it's a bit more time consuming than reading a NYT article, but if you have 2 hours free, I definitely think these two programs are worth listening to. If not for new information, then for the clever editing and touching and informational anecdotes that experts and lay people tell about their roles in our health care industry. Oh, they're FREE to podcast too!

Links:

Episode 391 - More is Less: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1320
Episode 392 - Someone Else's Money: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1321

Also, in case anyone is interested, Ira Glass (the host) will be speaking at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall on Dec. 5. Not sure if tickets are still available, but this show should definitely be interesting.