There's this great public radio station here, KXJZ, which airs NPR news programming throughout the day and then jazz music during the evening. While I'd prefer more jazz programming, KXJZ's combination works very well, which is probably why it's usually on while I'm driving. This led to my discovery of Marketplace, an excellent program that recaps the days business news and offers in-depth analyses of the economic impact of global events. Yeah, it sounds nerdy, but it's actually pretty entertaining and educational.
You know how watching any movie staring Rob Schneider feels like a self-lobotomy? Marketplace has a similar but opposite effect: you can almost feel your IQ expanding exponentially, and quite nearly feel comfortable expounding on how recent developments in Kyrgyzstan's wool industry will affect the wholesale price of Ugandan bananas on the world market.
Today they featured a commentary by former Texas governor Anne Richards on corporate public relations in the post-Enron era. Favorite quote: "Today corporations are under more scrutiny than a drunk at a temperance conference." She threw out a couple more colorful analogies, and had this great, grandmotherly voice, the sort you'd hear from behind a screen door, calling kids inside for cold milk and cookies on a lazy summer afternoon.
Random thought, really, but the only reason why I wrote this entry.
*The odd title for this entry is an inside joke for anyone who suffered through the "Economics U$A" video series during high school.
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