I, too, highly recommend listening. And, suggest going to their site at http://www.thisamericanlife.org and listen to other broadcasts. On the serious side there have been at least 2 on the financial meltdown last year. On the lighter side are interesting stories with a twist. Go to “our favorites” on the site. You’re bound to find something.

Highlights from Penn St and alcohol: how the community benefits and doesn’t; response to student death because of one night of binge drinking; and research on what seems to work to decrease drinking on campus.

One example of a twist in the story: A resident, who has a motion detector for his property, for the obvious reason, also acknowledged that throwing furniture out a window is fun.

And we have 18 and 19 year olds who drink and drive now.

Also, I highly recommend listening to the show.

Unfortunately, raising the drinking age puts teenage drinking in the driver’s seat.

Lower the drinking age, and severely increase the penalties for drunk driving.

Problem solved.

I don’t buy that the majority of college drinking would suddenly take place at controlled whine and cheese party functions.

There is no solution for underage binge drinking under the current American drinking laws.