For this assignment, I decided to listen to This American Life’s Episode 275: Two Steps Back. What a GREAT story, it pulls you in and makes you FEEL this story. The producers used raw emotions, sound effects, layering of sounds with music in the background to convey the emotion toll of this story. This story tells the frustrations of this teacher and the pain the situation causes her and the students and community. The audio kept me attentive throughout the entire hour of the story. The producers put in background-music that helped you to sympathize with this heartbroken teacher. I never noticed before how much influence background music has on the ability to enhance a story! All and all GREAT experience (: