This American Life

http://thislife.org/

A man plays a prank in the office, a person gets up in a dinner party to use the restroom, ordinary even mundane things become suddenly interesting on the NPR show "This American Life". A show broadcasted out of Chicago, it has been on for 10 years and shows no sign of stopping anything soon.

The show can be described as interviews set to music but there is so much more to it. The editing is done in such a way that usually the interviewer cannot be heard and it sounds like the subject is just telling a story. I read a small zine/comic book where Ira Glass shows how to do it and it is not a simple task.

Of course it isn't all interviews as several writers have also read short stories on the show as well. David Sedaris and Nick Hornby come to mind off the top of my head. In fact, Davis Sedaris sounds nothing like I expected.

Streams of all the shows are available on the site.