In NPR's Chicago Bureau, he created several award-winning documentaries on public schools and race relations. The Best of This American Life. Well, I don't think of it as a second voice, but we think of it as a really integral part of the show and the effect of the show. A far greater magic than anything we do here. And that's just it.
Music is powerful.
It makes every thing better and creates a mood and makes it feel like things are moving forward. He talks about the opening performance and the series of disasters that occur. And in the background, Ravel's Bolero is carrying the story right along in the most beautiful way. But the producer who mixed that piece was Nancy Updike, and she's fantastic. She felt it fit the pacing of the show so well, where the disasters get bigger and bigger as it progresses, so we went with it.