WFS Recommends: "This American Life"
No writer should be without it
Seriously: this radio/podcast series is one of the most important and finest literary masterpieces of our time. It may be the funniest, saddest, true-est collection of tales and insights since Shakespeare, the unrecognized epic of 21st Century America.
And as a resource for writers, there is nothing like it. Listen at random to study:
Storytelling
Character Development
Shaping A Tale
Capturing A Moment
Conveying Information
Developing And Presenting A Theme
Giving Meaning To Facts and Observations
Turning Ideas and Facts Into Narratives, Making Them Human
Also you can listen to be entertained, informed and moved in ridiculously intelligent, graceful, unexpected ways.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org
NOTE! “WFS Recommends” does NOT mean “this is the best” or “buy this.” Recommended items might be interesting but flawed, or even contain only a single useful quality or element. If you want flawless, universal and eternal things...good luck with that.