I was working as a Parking Lot Attendant at an upscale grocery store called Central Market (a fancy title for someone who basically pulls shopping carts back to the front of the store for customer convenience).  It was sometimes grueling work, being outside for 8 hours in 105-degree weather, sweating through my underwear, destroying my knees and feet, walking 15 miles a day, and developing burns on my hands due to the metal on the shopping carts absorbing the heat from the sun.  Notice I only said sometimes because at other times, it was the most meditative, freeing, and incredible job I’ve ever had, due to my ability to listen to the radio.  There were many times I would lose myself in the radio stories of This American Life and the news of The Texas Standard.  Many times  I’d have tears brought to my eyes due to powerful portraits of humanity from a TAL story.  I would listen to The Texas Standard to keep up with news and learn about my community.  Public radio is something I truly love, and looking down the barrel of what is happening currently in the United States and how they are trying to kill NPR and educational material, I think it is as important as ever to deliver fantastic journalism to the masses.