One of my all-time favorite radio programs is the 5 minutes a day dose of Writer's Almanac, written and voiced by radio theater star Garrison Keiller. It is better than anything I know for kicking my intellectual awareness into a higher orbit. I like listening to smart people better than I like reading them. Radio as a medium suits me particularly well. Every day Writer's Almanac brings me amazing stories and mental imagery. Hearing about the lives of accomplished writers, thinkers and philosophers is deeply inspiring, odd bunch of people that they are. It gives me deep comfort and is my anti-venom to the banal, profane, trivial and toxic sludge emanating from most mass media sources. Garrison reads at least one poem a day. I am not a big consumer of poetry, but his choice and eloquent delivery blows me away 9 out of 10 times. Try it, you might like it.
Writer's Almanac is sponsored by The Poetry Foundation which has an interesting iPhone app featuring a great collection poetry:
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