I got hooked on This American Life in high school when I heard this episode on my local NPR station. It was completely different than the news and jazz I was used to hearing on NPR and I thought it was SO cool.

Now I love to listen to podcasts of This American Life, especially if I'm cooking or cleaning at home by myself. They're such good company. Sometimes I put one on for Chris and I to listen to in the morning - although it can make it hard to leave the house if we're really into the story!

Have you listened to This American Life? Do you have favorite episodes?

Some of mine are this one about the 2008 housing crisis, this one about two babies switched at birth, this one about inmates performing Shakespeare, and this one about how money was invented.

*image from the TAL online store