This American Life tackles break ups. Act One, Dr. Phil is my favorite story they’ve covered. It includes “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins and really gets into the heart of the writer’s break-up.

A pretty interesting NPR piece arguing why being sad may be a good thing.

If you still don’t get the financial crisis and the reasons behind it, try pairing up these illustrations from GOOD Magazine with this episode of This American Life.

This NPR article details which Brad Pitt you get when you watch his movies. I like Weird Brad Pitt best.

NPR featured a piece on the movie Sugar (from the writer of Half-Nelson) and tied it into a radio segment on the struggles of the Domincan Republic players and the pressure to make it in the MLB.

From today’s NPR series “This I Believe” by Muhammad Ali,

I never thought of the possibility of failing — only of the fame and glory I was going to get when I won. I could see it. I could almost feel it. When I proclaimed that I was the “Greatest of All Time,” I believed in myself. And still do.