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This American Life Updates
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The latest news from Chicago Public Radio's "This American Life." Hosted by Ira Glass, "TAL" is an award-winning radio program and was also an Emmy-winning series on the Showtime network. The weekly radio show features first-person stories and short fiction pieces that are touching, funny, and surprising. Regular contributors include David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman, Dan Savage, Jonathan Goldstein, and Chris Ware.
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This Week on the Radio: "What Happened At Dos Erres"

In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. Thirty years later, a Guatemalan living in the US got a phone call from a woman who told him that ...

3 days ago

NYC: Live show encore screening - 6/2 at BAM with Q&A

Earlier this month, we performed an episode of the radio show live on stage, and sent it via satellite to movie theaters in the US, Canada and Australia. All New York City screenings of the broadcast...

5 days ago

This Week on the Radio: "Invisible Made Visible"

This week, the radio debut of the episode we just did live on stage and beamed to movie theatres all over the country. David Sedaris, David Rakoff, Tig Notaro and Ryan Knighton performed stories. Mik...

21 may 12

Live Show Redux

Big thanks to everyone who came out to the live show. Heres a little recap, including photos by Adrianne Mathiowetz (who is our web manager and also a Minnesota-based photographer). You can see an en...

18 may 12

Watch Mike Birbiglias Short Film

Did you hear about the new short film that Mike Birbiglia created for the live show that we sent to movie theaters? It shows a surprising (and fictional) side of a media personality you might recogni...

16 may 12

This Week on the Radio: "The Psychopath Test"

Recently we heard about this test that could determine if someone was a psychopath. So, naturally, our staff decided to take it. This week we hear the results. Plus Jon Ronson asks the question: is t...

14 may 12

Theatres added for 5/15 live show encore!

Weve just been given more theatres for the May 15th encore screening of the stage show that we performed on Thursday in New York City and beamed live via satellite to movie screens. We now have about...

13 may 12

This Week on the Radio: "In Dog We Trust"

Stories of dogs and cats and other animals that live in our homes. Exactly how much are they caught up in everyday family dynamics? We answer this question and others. Broadcast May 5 to May 7

07 may 12

Download the live show app!

5/11 UPDATE: If youre going to an encore screening of the show, you still need the app! Ira writes: Hey everyone whos bought tickets to our May 10th live show: if youre an iPhone or Android user, we ...

30 apr 12

This Week on the Radio: "Mortal Vs. Venial"

Religion makes it pretty clear what differentiates mortal sins from venial ones. Mortal are the really bad sins and venial the lesser ones. But in our everyday lives, it can be really difficult to de...

30 apr 12

David Sedaris added to Live Show!

Ira writes: Our all-star lineup for the May 10th cinema event has gotten all-starrier! David Sedaris will join David Rakoff, Mike Birbiglia, Tig Notaro, Glynn Washington, Ryan Knighton, the Monica Bi...

24 apr 12

Tickets to the May 10 live show

Want to attend our live show in movie theatres on May 10th? For the primary list of 550 theatres across the US, enter your zip code in the upper right corner of the Fathom website. There are also an ...

23 apr 12

This Week on the Radio: "Return To The Scene Of The Crime"

A live episode of the radio program, including stories told on stage by Dan Savage and Mike Birbiglia. Guess what? Were doing another live show like this — nationwide on movie screens — o...

23 apr 12

This Week on the Radio: "Own Worst Enemy"

Stories of people who can’t seem to stop getting in their own way — sabotaging everything from their romantic relationships to their physical health. Featuring a new radio drama by Jonathan Mit...

16 apr 12

Win a signed live show poster! Get a shout-out during the show!

Heres your chance to win a poster for our May 10 live show in movie theaters, and get a shout-out during the show. Ten winners will receive posters signed by Ira Glass. If you win, Ira will announce ...

12 apr 12

This Week on the Radio: "The Ten Commandments"

Stories of people struggling to follow the Ten Commandments from the book of Exodus.Broadcast April 7 to April 9

09 apr 12

This American Life - live in movie theatres! May 10th!

Were thrilled to announce that on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, we will perform an episode of This American Life on stage in New York City and beam it live via satellite to more than 500 movie theatres a...

06 apr 12

McCain-Feingold Uncut

Dear fellow political nerds, Ben Calhoun and Alex Blumberg here, with something we thought you might enjoy: an extended version of the interview that we, along with NPRs Andrea Seabrook, did with Sen...

06 apr 12

This Week on the Radio: "Take the Money and Run for Office"

For anyone who has ever heard the term "Washington insider" and felt outside — we are with you. So this week, we go inside the rooms where the deals get made, to the actual moment that ...

02 apr 12

This Week on the Radio: "Switched At Birth"

On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went home with the wrong families. Broadcast March 24 to March 26

26 mar 12

"Sleepwalk with Me" Comes to Boston

Ira writes: Hello Boston! The movie we made with Mike Birbiglia, based on the sleepwalking story he told on our show, is coming to the Independent Film Festival Boston. How good is the film? So good ...

23 mar 12

A Website Note

One upshot of the recent news coverage about our show: we learned that stories by Stephen Glass were in our online archive. Wed taken these down years ago and then they went back up without any of us...

23 mar 12

"Sleepwalk with Me" Comes to Boston

Ira writes: Hello Boston! The movie we made with Mike Birbiglia, based on the sleepwalking story he told on our show, is coming to the Independent Film Festival Boston. How good is the film? So good ...

22 mar 12

This Week on the Radio: "Retraction&# 34;

Weve discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daiseys story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other produc...

19 mar 12

Retracting "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory"

Ira writes: I have difficult news. Weve learned that Mike Daiseys story about Apple in China - which we broadcast in January - contained significant fabrications. Were retracting the story because we...

16 mar 12

This Week on the Radio: "Slow To React"

This week we have stories where peoples reactions move very slowly, including the story of a wedding 17 years in the making, and what its like when you have a terminal illness thats supposed to kill ...

12 mar 12

Very Tough Love update – Lindsey Dills

Last March 25th, we broadcast a story, "Very Tough Love" about the drug court in Glynn County, Georgia that was run by Judge Amanda Williams. Ira interviewed a number of people who’d faced Ju...

09 mar 12

This Week on the Radio: "What Kind of Country"

All across the country right now, local and state governments are finding they cant pay their bills. Schools are losing teachers, street lights are going dark, garbage is piling up in public parks, a...

05 mar 12

Mike Daisey performing The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs live in Chicago!

Live in Chicago! Mike Daisey performing The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory with intro and Q & A by Ira Glass Saturday, April 7 We here at This American Life prou...

29 feb 12

This Week on the Radio: "Held Hostage"

A kidnapping victim in Colombia spends his nights listening to a radio station that plays messages from the families of the kidnapped. That and other stories of people held captive—by criminals...

27 feb 12

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