Tail end of a good thing
Dec 5th, 2008 by james
I have an incredible habit of discovering great TV and radio shows just before they say farewell. I began listening to Penn Jillette’s Penn Radio only a month before the series would end. The radio show which adopted the seemingly rare libertarian-atheist point of view, played the issues of the day against arguments of reason intelligently and humorously. With some effort, you can download all the old episode that aired from http://www.pennfans.net/ for as long as that lasts. And although most talk shows don’t play well after their original airing because of their topical nature, Penn Radio really does since it is littered with fabulous interviews and guest hosts.
Similarly, I began listening to a Canadian radio show And Sometimes Y which has also come to an end. The show humorously considers language, words and literature with a geeky pop-culture aesthetic. Some of the old episodes are available in mp3 and RealPlayer format on their website but then there’s also this recent episode of CBC’s And the Winner is.. podcast which features one of their best episodes, The History Of English In 28 Minutes.