NPR Classic Driveway Moments

Presented together for the first time, here are the very first, and very best, definitive listener favorites that came to be known as Driveway Moments: the classic, spellbinding stories that keep getting better with repeated listening, selected from the National Public Radio archives.

These tales were first heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and other NPR programs. Like the unforgettable “Amy’s Answering Machine,” in which comedian and author Amy Borkowsky shares quirky, hilarious messages left by her mother. And “My So-Called Lungs,” an emotional audio diary by a young girl with cystic fibrosis. And “Hitching a Ride with Junior McGhee,” in which musician/storyteller Charlie Barnett takes listeners on a hitchhiking adventure across the U.S. Literate, intelligent, mirthful, and moving, these stories are worth repeating—and hearing again and again.

What is a Driveway Moment? Maybe it’s happened to you as it has to countless others. . . . You’re driving home, listening to a story on NPR. Suddenly, you find yourself in your driveway (or parking space or parking garage). Rather than turn the radio off, you stay in your car to hear the piece to the end. It’s a Driveway Moment. The NPR Driveway Moments Series collects these “best of” stories so that you are never more than a “play” away from a Driveway Moment.

Tracks

1. Amy’s Answering Machine
2. His Father
3. My So-Called Lungs
4. Hitching a Ride with Junior McGee
5. Death of a Child: Losing Adam
6. Misunderstood Song Lyrics
7. Dead Groundhog
8. An Unexpected Kitchen: The George Foreman Grill
9. There’s Just Something About that Cowbell
10. Rato Interesso
11. My Dad the Ex-Con
12. Charlie Goes to College
13. Sweet Potato Queen’s Latest Dish

2 Hours on 1 CD