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This American Life

metirish Mar 01 2010 05:46 PM

I just found this recently , actually I happened upon this weekly hour long radio program out of Chicago Public Radio hosted by Ira Glass by chance and it happened to be the 400th episode. It's a radio show about everyday life as it happens and it's enthralling Usually each episode has a central theme that it follows , sometimes loosely , like this weeks episode dealt with how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness.Last weeks show was titled "Parent Trap" and as it implies it was a series of stories about how parents trap their kids to get them to do certain things. Then the central story was about a chimp that was raised by a couple, doesn't sound like much but a rather amazing story unfolded. I'me sure a lot of you here know this show already . http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Default.aspx It just came out with a brilliant app in iTunes for $2:99 that gives you access to all 400+ shows and much more. http://www.prx.org/this-american-life-iphone-app Great radio.

Swan Swan H Mar 01 2010 07:02 PM Re: This American Life

Couldn't agree more. I have iTunes set to automatically download three podcasts every week (This American Life, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me and Car Talk) and I listen in the car to help the commute go by quickly. Irish, if you have Netflix you should check out their TV show as well.

metirish Mar 01 2010 07:18 PM Re: This American Life

The app has the TV series too, I'm just starting into those.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 01 2010 08:12 PM Re: This American Life

I kinda wish Ira Glass were a real-life friend, instead of a pretend one.

sharpie Mar 04 2010 01:45 PM Re: This American Life

While in Guatemala, one of the people staying at the hotel I was staying at (link in the Vacations thread) wrote for This American Life. Nice guy.

dgwphotography Mar 04 2010 02:16 PM Re: This American Life

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2c46crwu]I kinda wish Ira Glass were a real-life friend, instead of a pretend one.[/quote:2c46crwu] Both he and his brother, George...