This American Life: Stories of Hope & Fear
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Music Label: Shout Factory
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- If I Can Make It There
- Is This Thing On?
- Thinking Inside the Box
- Infinite Gent
- Miami Vices
- The Babysitters
- Fears of Your Life
- On Hold No One Can Hear You Scream: An Interview with Julie Snyder
- Anti-Oedipus
- So a Chipmunk and a Squirrel Walk into a Bar
- Slingshot
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Free Music Review: Regular Folks With Amazing and Hilarious Stories
Hit: 5 Stars
Ira Glass has a job that everyone would love to do. He gets to interview people and learn about life lessons. I have listened to the NPR show on occassion but could never follow the program faithfully. If you are like me, then this will be your solution. In this 2-CD collection, there are stories about hopes and fears in a new light. I think that the 2nd CD is the most interesting of the 2 CDs.
The story that really made an impression was Julie Synder's dilemna with cell phone customer support (CD 2 Track 2). She really articulates her frustrations that we can all relate to. I worked as an software engineer and dealt with customer service issues on occasion. It's good to see how sometimes mis-communication and tempers often flair into after-the-fact humor. You definitely see the views from both sides which sheds some light on problems with customer support. But, the problems with a phone company just compounds to the humor with technology issues that you cannot imagine. Believe me, it's laughter after laughter but you soon realize that we can all relate to it.
Another touching but eerie story (CD 2 Track 3) is about a closeted son who takes care of his mother. It borders on the unreal as the interviewer learns about the ordeal with his father than suddenly changes things completely. As you listen, there are intimate details that you feel as if you are in the same room. This is one of the true experience that you lack with TV today. It just seems to be all about the shock factor and nothing about the fact that we are all human. It's wonderful that NPR still has shows out there for everyone to listen instead of being glued to the tube.
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