Andrew, I think even Ira Glass would disagree with your characterization of his show as "the best radio show in the whole world": http://www.thislife.org/pages/trax/press/howard_and_me.html There is another show, admired by Glass and by millions others, that airs not once a week, but every day, and not for one hour, but for five. For over twenty five years, it has entertained countless commuters. It does this by providing fresh content, mixing hard work and preparation with talent and spontaneity. I'm convinced that, when it ends, people will look back on it with reverence. This show recently moved to satellite, and I am too cheap to buy into it, but every day I listen to terrestial radio, I am reminded of how inferior every other show is. All the best, Scott PS Congratulations on the New Scientist story.