I happen to share the producer's condition. I thought it was described very aptly here, and creatively too.

I liked #210 a bit more, but this one had its moments. Particularly when Glynn was goin' after "The Poopie Man"- LOL @ that one. Liked the Cuban(?)-sounding music bit in Break A.

Oh- and that thing about frightening a bunch of yahoos by firing blanks at 'em with a muzzle loading rifle? Been there, done that. When I was in college, there was a rowdy frat house next door and they used to party all night. (Typically annoying college frat boys, right?) So one night their partying went out on the lawn and woke me up. Well, at the time I was part of a group doing historical Civil War reenactments (yeah- I'm a nerd), and so I just happened to have this working replica of an 1863 .58 caliber Springfield rifle... with some black powder and caps...

Leahy I was familiar with- I own a recording of that one. The rest were new to me. I really liked the strange Middle Eastern/Celtic fusion of Green Man. Hollie Smith sounded a tad like Clannad to me. Thanks- I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed this piece very much.

I particularly enjoyed "Graduation Day" and Glynn's story about the family curse.

Awesome. Enjoyed Glynn's personal vignettes particularly. (Skin whitening cream? Are you kidding us? There's NO artistic license in that tale? It really happened?)

As a Norteamericano, I can't help but thinking of the Susan Smith and Andrea Yates cases when I hear about La Llorona. It almost makes me wonder if there wasn't some historical Llorona who actually lived once, centuries or perhaps millennia ago, and that maybe, just maybe, there is the tiniest real-life grain of fact beneath all the myth and legend? Of course, we'll never know, but it's interesting to speculate on.

Man, I love Radiolab!

It seems both interviewer and interviewee in this piece rely a little too much on "y'know" as a conversational space-filler at times. Hearing, y'know, the phrase "y'know" repeatedly can get a little, y'know... tiresome. Sometimes I'd rather hear a few "uhhhs" or "hmmms" thrown in than too many, y'know... y'knows.

I'm just trying to be constructive in my criticism, albeit over a tiny and unimportant issue. In some ways I feel like a fraud when I type critiques here, since I personally have never produced anything or done much at all with my writing. I'm always the diner and never the chef... y'know?

'Twas nice to listen to this piece after dealing with a particularly difficult and childish guest at the resort I work in.

As a Southerner who works in a resort hotel, it's nice to hear this piece. I hope some of our future guests take heed! Sadly, the oil spill in the Gulf renders this discussion somewhat tragic, though, as many snowbirds will likely be changing their migratory patterns. That could be good news for us here on the Georgia coast, but more bad news for the Gulf coast, which has already had more than its share of misery in the past five years. Here's hoping their snowbirds come back to roost again one day.

I left a review of S.J. #102 last night. Four stars. Got a nice message from Glynn Washington in return. He said he'd "work extra hard for that last star", or something like that. Funny, I thought I'd already left five stars on one of these. Hmm. I guess I forgot to. So here's your well-deserved five stars, Glynn (& associates). I think this particular piece was my favorite. Keep up the good work, as previously mentioned.

Kudos to all involved in making this series. It's hip (which is something I don't care much about, since I am decidedly UNhip), but it's smart and interesting, too.

Oh, BTW, Mr. Washington... I live in GLYNN County, Georgia, for what it's worth. :-)

I've always been obsessed with time, so naturally I'm fascinated with stories of time travel or actual artifacts from the past. While I'm more accustomed to tangible artifacts like old coins or books or photographs, these recordings are definitely artifacts of the past, too. I clicked here to hear the Gettysburg Address eyewitness speak, but also found myself drawn into the "Cigar Stories" about "El Lector" who would read to the working people.

This piece was my "Lector" tonight. It occupied my mind while I performed the semi-mindless data entry portion of my overnight job. Thanks to the producers, and to this PRX site in general, which keeps me awake and thinking throughout the night.

I will look for this book!