Apart from losing John McCain's voice in the first utterance of this year's model of TIB -- to my mind, he's just too busy politically, which makes this sound like an endorsement for a particular candidacy -- this is one of the few instances of make-a-date radio going on right now.

PDs: Sure they're just repeats of what hitting ME and ATC on Mondays, but as the series has proven, repetition is not a bad thing. A mid-week date in the middle of rush hour -- TIB gives us a reason to want to be stuck in traffic. So we can pay attention to what someone else is thinking.

Now, how often are we allowed to do that?