The letters and e-mails just keep coming! Every day hundreds of listeners contact NPR to tell us about their Driveway Moments---moments where they are captivated by the radio and can’t break free. Whether they’ve just arrived at home or at work, in the car or online, people let us know when we have reached into their daily routine and taken them away with a story or commentary. The situations vary, but the result is always the same---they could not turn off their radio until they heard the end of the piece.

This third 2-CD compilation offers a variety of features, commentaries, and stories that highlight the best of what NPR offers---as selected by you, the listener. Whether you are rediscovering a favorite, or hearing it for the first time, this collection is sure to keep you captivated from beginning to end!

TRACK LISTING

CD One (Total Time 47:36)

1. Pet Sounds (6:38)
   Skip Haynes talks about his latest CD for dogs.
   (Weekend Edition Saturday, March 12, 2005)

2. An Alzheimer’s Journal (13:04)
   Alzheimer’s sufferer Tom DeBaggio and his family discuss dealing with the illness.
   (All Things Considered, November 22, 2000)

3. Dead Groundhog (3:46)
   Commentator Bill Harley contemplates the multiple meanings of family talk.
   (All Things Considered, November 11, 1999)

4. Polly Rhythm, the Feathered Prima Donna (8:52)
   Bruce Adolphe talks about living with a parrot with operatic talents.
   (Performance Today, November 24, 2004)

5. Ghosts in Real Life (3:08)
   Commentator Marion Winik tries to make sense of overwhelmingly bad news.
   (All Things Considered, April 7, 2004)

6. An Unexpected Kitchen: The George Foreman Grill (7:15)
   The George Foreman grill has become the new “kitchen” for the homeless.
   (Morning Edition, October 8, 2004)

7. Powerball Dreams (4:53)
   Commentator Bob Garfield is a little premature about his lottery win.
   (All Things Considered, July 7, 1993)

CD Two (Total Time 51:54)

1. Survivor (21:42)
   Lanier Phillips reflects on the shipwreck that changed his life forever.
   (All Things Considered, September 3, 2002)

2. Spoonerisms (7:40)
   Language author Richard Lederer remembers Reverend Spooner and his famous slips of the tongue.
   (Weekend Edition Saturday, August 20, 1994)

3. There’s Just Something About That Cowbell (3:56)
   Commentator Mitch Myers discusses the importance of the cowbell in rock music.
   (All Things Considered, February 2, 2005)

4. A Soldier and His Dog (3:06)
   Commentator Carol Wasserman talks about a soldier and the dog he left behind.
   (All Things Considered, November 16, 2004)

5. Charlie Goes to College (5:49)
   Commentator Donna Damico laments her first born going off to college.
   (All Things Considered, September 1, 1994)

6. NPR Classic: Rato Interesso (9:38)
   Robert Krulwich attempts to explain the good and bad in the rise and fall of interest rates.
   (All Things Considered, August 14, 1979)