My top four non-music radio shows, the first three from NPR and the fourth from CBC:

4. Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me — a smart comedic quiz show about the week’s news; you get to learn and laugh at the same time

3. Radio Lab — a playful, inquisitive and wondrous deconstruction of science, ethics and the human condition.

2. This American Life — storytellers tackle all the topics of life

1. Wiretap with Jonathan Goldstein — neurotic masturbatory mindplay. This show isn’t for everyone and might take a few listens to understand what’s happening. Basically, Jonathan calls his friends and chats about reality and imagination, sometimes interluding with fantastical science fiction stories by his girlfriend and one of my favorite writers, Heather O’Neill.