Zoe, my LOML, just called. This American Life had done a show on Office Politics and she had sent the link to the archive of the show to my daughter Katie. (Katie is in her first office job and has been learning about office politics the hard way.) I didn't know that their shows were archived. Where have I been?

This American Life is one of the best things I have *ever* heard on radio. Most of there shows are archived on their site, which means I have some catching up to do. I just listened to one of my favorites. Zoe turned me on to this one some time ago. It's from a show called Fiasco! (Unfortunately this is a frames site so the link goes to the page put breaks out of the frame.) Or you can go directly to the show: Fiasco! RealAudio link. The favorite part is the first part of the show about a production of Peter Pan gone wrong, way wrong.

Fiasco! Jack Hitt's opening story -- about a school production of Peter Pan gone horribly awry -- is so funny that in the middle of the taping, host Ira Glass had to turn off his microphone because of all the embarassing snorting sounds he was making. We've gotten at least a dozen emails and letters from listeners who said they nearly wrecked their cars listening to this over the radio.

So much to listen to, so little time!