Oh, the holiday season...been busy with Christmas prep and finishing up work before break and being sick, so do excuse my lack of regularity in posting..you know how that goes, I'm sure.
I will admit that I listened to this episode a week or two ago and it's one of those that was interesting, so I'm just going to hit the high points that I really remember (and there's a few of them, so that definitely lets you know it was a pretty good show).
For the opening, Ira talks to a scholar about parchment and how it was used in books way back when in history. Having taken so many English classes, I thought I knew about parchment, yet it had never really registered parchment could come from animals. Found that quite interesting and pretty cool that I could relate it back to something I learned about in college (sometimes it feels like those things are few and far between...like how proud I am when I can watch a street art video from somewhere that is Spanish speaking and pick up some of what they're saying...).
Next there's a fictional story about a guy who kills his boss. It's animal related, I promise. It seemed to get a little long but is an interesting tale. George Saunders is an interesting writer for sure.
Act three is the story that stuck out the most to me- the story of a guy who cleans up road kill in Chicago. Ira went out with him one day for another show and it was also used in this one. Let's just say this is the take away story for me this time around...I even retold it the next day to a coworker!
Act four is about a guy who rescues animals. And moving on...
Check this one out if you like animals...or really old literature (atleast the first 10 minutes).
Jenny-- your blog is way cool. I'm a contributing writer for Chattarati.com, and I'd like to do a story on it for one of our blogs. Is there anyway I could get in touch with you? My e-mail is jharrison22001@gmail.com. Thanks!
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