Today’s The Bob Edwards Show is mostly a “Best of Bob” episode, with a rerun of the interview with Phil Jackson (Bob’s heading off to Cheney, Washington and the “Get Lit!” Festival - yeah, guy, we keep track of you…). But starting off the show is an interview with 2005’s National Teacher of the Year, Jason Kamras, and if you have children, grandchildren, or even great-grandchildren, you owe it to yourself to listen to this bright young teacher talk about his profession, and his students. Believe me, it will fill you with hope for the future of education, no matter how bleak the picture sometimes appears.

If you aren’t a subscriber to XM (and why the heck not?), take advantage of their three-day free trial of the on-line service. That way, you’ll not only be able to listen to today’s Edwards Show, but also be able to catch the show from Tuesday, which dealt with the 10-year anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, and is in the opinion of someone who has listened to all of the shows one of the best hours of radio they’ve yet produced, and that’s saying something.

(All during the weekend on channel 133, the past week’s Edwards programs are rotated, so each show is re-run every five hours. Check the schedule, linked above, for details on teh week’s programs.)