This two-disc “greatest hits” comp of the NPR series This American Life would be a perfect gift to purchase me for whatever holiday it is that you celebrate in December (I’m not picky). More info via gushing press release after the jump. Or just check out these handy audio samples:

David Sedaris: “So a Chipmunk and a Squirrel Walk Into a Bar”

Michael Bernard Loggins, Read By Tom Wright: (Fears Of Your Life�

(Stories that never fail to move even the most casual listener� – Amazon.com

REVISIT THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF THE ACCLAIMED PEABODY® AWARD* WINNING PUBLIC RADIO PHENOMENON

This American Life Stories Of Hope & Fear

Two-Disc Compilation Boasts Stories by David Sedaris & John Hodgman Contains Music by Thurston Moore, Blonde Redhead, RZA Philip Glass, Calexico, Morcheeba, Mogwai and More

(Populated by some of the most idiosyncratic voices in radio�

– Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Each week, some 1.7 million listeners tune-in to This American Life, an insightful, innovative radio program that broadcasts touching true-life stories that unfold like audio movies to listeners on over 500 public radio stations nationally. This fall, listeners can own a selection of the greatest stories from the show on a two-CD compilation, This American Life: Stories Of Hope & Fear, available November 7th from Shout! Factory. Host Ira Glass and the staff of This American Life selected some of their favorite segments from the Peabody® Award-winning series, organized along the title theme which, Glass admits, (Not only summarizes the theme of nearly every story on our program, but all human drama and literature besides.� Featuring segments by bestselling writer and humorist
David Sedaris (Naked), Comedy Central's (Daily Show� correspondent John Hodgman, and many others, this eclectic anthology addresses topics ranging from gender reassignment to karaoke comedy, with over two hours of alternately hilarious and heart-breaking spoken performances set against the music of Thurston Moore, Blonde Redhead, RZA, Calexico, Philip Glass, Morcheeba, Mogwai, Tom Zé, Tortoise, Carly Simon and others. The third installment in the This American Life CD series, the two-disc This American Life: Stories Of Hope & Fear set, includes 11 complete stories from the Chicago Public Radio series, with an album insert featuring original artwork by Divya Srinivasan (Sufjan Stevens' Illinois) and liner notes by Ira Glass, for the suggested list price of $19.98.

This American Life is produced by Ira Glass and Diane Cook of Chicago Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International. To find out where to hear This American Life in your town, visit www.thisamericanlife.org. In January of 2007, This American Life will premiere a new weekly television program on the Showtime® network. Additionally, the Warner Brothers feature film adaptation of the show's story, (Unaccompanied Minors,� is slated for release in December.

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