This American Life

The award winning Chicago based radio show This American Life, presented by Ira Glass, has recently done a show on break-ups. It’s divided into four segments the first of which is about Starlee Kine, co-creator of the Post It Note Reading Series, who after a particularly tumultuous break-up decides she needs to write a break-up song to really exorcise her demons. The only problem with this is that she has no musical training or songwriting experience. Quite the pickle.

How does she overcome this? By turning to none other than Phil Collins for some advice. It’s a great listen and really entertaining, with reflections on break-ups and break-up songs from Glass, Kine and Collins himself. All capped off with a performance of Kine’s ‘torch’ song at the end. The episode is free to stream and enjoy online over on the This American Life page.