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Randomness ([personal profile] randomness) wrote2008-05-15 01:59 pm

This American Life piece on the housing crisis.

Episode 355, The Giant Pool of Money, is a nice piece explaining the crisis and how it happened. Friends have commented on how it's worth listening to, and [livejournal.com profile] signsoflife just let me know that it's probably only around for free download for another day or so, as they only make it available for a week after broadcast.

So check it out. I played it for [livejournal.com profile] bedfull_o_books last night.

[identity profile] emilymorgan.livejournal.com 2008-05-15 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs* Listening to it right now. Ira Glass should really have someone else host when he sounds like that.

[identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com 2008-05-15 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
And so he did! :)

[identity profile] tactical-grace.livejournal.com 2008-05-15 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure TAL episodes are downloadable for longer than a week. Not indefinitely, but...

[identity profile] stolen-tea.livejournal.com 2008-05-17 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] xse99.livejournal.com 2008-05-19 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
I get their weekly podcasst... hope it turns up there!

[identity profile] xse99.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
I just listened to this today. Really good and worth it, thanks for the rec.