TO CLARIFY: if you go to iTunes (available for Mac and PC) and search for "Olberman" you will get...
- COUNTDOWN- podcast, one free episode.
- Q&A -audiobook Brian Lamb interviews Keith for an hour, certainly worth the price.
Third reference, discovered while listening to above interview, is that Keith gave a terrific speech for his alma mater. At around the same time that Keith gratefully retired from having to report on the Monica Lewinsky soap opera.
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Commencement speech, available as a PDF file.
additionally!
- RACHEL MADDOW (Green 960) - iTunes, podcasts, all of them current and free!
Honor demanded that I buy this audiobook immediately. Why? Because sanjstyle wrote a "review" without ever listening to it and pronounced it "pricey" and should "seriously be free." Huh? Trashing something he knew nothing about? So wrong.
Well, if you've never heard of him before, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC Countdown is a incredible speaker, erudite, witty, well-spoken and with a marvelously self-deprecating sense of humor. With his intonations and deliberate pauses, he is a delight to listen to. I would unhesitatingly buy anything that he narrated.
For those who have no idea who Keith Olbermann is, this is a compelling story a guy who's spent his life doing TV sports and political coverage. For those of us who are fans, it's an irresistible insight into things we might have wondered about, like how he could possibly give himself a concussion while running to catch a train. It covers things we probably don't wonder about, such as the origin of his signature paper-throwing at the shows end. (I won't give it all away, but the practical reason is that station break pauses can be unpredictable and watching someone just sit there is not very entertaining.)
Olbermann talked seriously about his 1998 Cornell Convocation Speech, which referenced the Monica Lewinsky story that he was forced to report on day after day after day, to the exclusion of all else. He tied this experience to the idea of a "Moral Force," not as an unobtainable goal, but as practical advice to graduates in dealing with the complexities of the world as it is. (iTunes! Why is this speech not available as an audiobook?)
More than anyone, Keith Olbermann gets criticized for... everything. One example: 'WHY HE KEEPS COPIES OF HIS TV SHOWS!!!' (Having a back up of your work is a BAD idea?)
Olbermann's explanations on why he does what he does are perfectly sensible.
His "critics"- who would not survive a six-second verbal encounter with Keith- are just plain jealous. And need to get a different hobby.
I recommend this.