Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Mistakes Were Made




This is one of the best episodes of This American Life that I've listened to in a long time. I'm kind of a Sarah Vowell addict and like to search for episodes she contributes to, so I stumbled upon it that way even though it's not new. (side note: she's barely in the epsidode)

I guarantee you will say "whoa" at the end of the first act. For real.

Here's a taste:
"It's the late 1960s, and in the new technology of cryonics, a California TV repairman named Bob sees an opportunity to help people cheat death. But freezing dead people so scientists can reanimate them in the future is a lot harder than it sounds. Harder still was admitting to the family members of people Bob had frozen that he'd screwed up. Badly."

I know, right?

3 Comments:

Anonymous rachel said...

TAL makes my life a little more complete. thanks for the heads up :)

3:22 PM  
Blogger chrrristine said...

Hey Kate,
thanks for the recommendation, I listened to three in a row last night. My favourite podcast is "Are we alone" from the SETI Institute... you can check it out here.

4:13 AM  
Blogger Rachel said...

I heard this a few months ago and felt the same way. Crazy, captivating story.

11:19 PM  

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