i wouldn't mind the editing and manipulation of content, should the entire raw interview be aired -- the worst offender in my opinion is terry gross' "fresh air", where interviews that last over an hour (and sometimes more) are edited down to what the listener hears if he or she listens to "fresh air", leaving the listener with the impression that the interview was spontaneous and broadcast in full -- as a listener, i find this extremely dishonest, in that the fresh air website should -- at the very least -- provide access to the full, unedited interview, and until terry gross agrees to post all of the full, unedited interviews along with the edited "final product", i refuse to listen to "fresh air"

jeremy - i, too, wish that this segment was available for download, but note that you can obtain an MP3 file that contains the sausage-making story near the top of the index page for the 2004-12-31 show:

http://www.onthemedia.org/2004/dec/31/

obviously, that will lead to your downloading the entire show for 2004-12-31, but it does allow you to obtain the story in full

wish this was still up as audio!