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This American Life: The Television Show!
The second season of our television show debuts on Sunday, May 4 at 10 pm ET/PT.
By now you know that we’re producing a TV show. Maybe you heard Ira mention it during a pledge drive or caught the piece on NPR . And maybe you have questions. What would a TV version of This American Life look like? And is making one even a good idea? Believe us, we’ve wondered all of that ourselves. But now we’re done, and we’re super excited.
Our first season of half-hour episodes debuts March 22nd on Showtime. We wanted to make a TV show that feels like the radio show, but isn’t just the radio show on TV. Take a look and these clips and trailers and tell us what you think. Put them on your MySpace pages and we’ll be eternally grateful:
Clips from Episode 6: Pandora’s Box
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Clips from Episode 5: Growth Spurt:

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Clips from Episode 4: The Cameraman:

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Clips from Episode 3: God’s Close-Up:

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Clips from Episode 2: My Way
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Clips from Episode 1: Reality Check
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This American Life is heard on more than 500 public radio stations across the country. Find out where to listen or podcast or download last weekend's show for free. If you've never heard the show, you might want to start with our favorite shows page.

On the player, we've posted stories from our latest greatest hits CD, Stories of Hope And Fear, including "So A Chipmunk And A Squirrel Walk Into A Bar" by David Sedaris. You can buy our Greatest Hits CDs , individual program CDs and lots of other merch at our store .


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My Blog

Hey, New Yorkers: Join Ira for a Special Live Show!

On Thursday, May 1, Ira will be on stage in New York Cityshowing never-before-seen stories and outtakes from the second season of our television show, performing a radio story, doing Q&A, and more. P...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:26:00 PST

Want TAL to Come to a Movie Theater Near You? Take a Quick Survey!

We're planning a This American Life stage show that would be filmed and sent livelive!via satellite to movie theaters across the country. It would include Ira performing a radio piece, never-before-...
Posted by This American Life on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:09:00 PST

Ira and the "New Kings" Live Onstage: New in Our Store

Couldn't make it to The Town Hall with Ira and the New Kings of Nonfiction in October? We've got you covered. In this live recording, Ira is joined onstage by some of the "Kings" featured in his new a...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:37:00 PST

IRA GLASS & THE NEW KINGS OF NONFICTION

826CHI presentsan evening withIRA GLASS & THE NEW KINGS OF NONFICTION[Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Orlean, Chuck Klosterman]Monday October 8th, 8 PMTHE TOWN HALL123 West 43rd StreetNew York, NY 1003621...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:38:00 PST

Artwork for Episode 340: The Devil in Me

Hey guys,So in case you were wondering who did the AWESOME artwork for Episode 340: The Devil in Me, your wondering may cease... now.Check out Blutt's work here:http://www.myspace.com/blutt...
Posted by This American Life on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:54:00 PST

Our TV show - now available for download at iTunes!

Hi everyone. Ira Glass here. For months now, I and everyone who works on This American Life have been approached by a steady stream of public radio listeners who don't get Showtime, but who want to se...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:54:00 PST

Center For Lessons Learned Full Download & Show Info

The full episode free download of The Center For Lessons Learned is up on our website . Here's what's in the show:Four years into the Iraq War, what have we learned? Soldiers, civilians, Iraqis, and ...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:00:00 PST

This Week on TAL: The Center For Lessons Learned

This week on This American Life, it's Episode #333, The Center For Lessons LearnedFour years into the Iraq War, what have we learned? Soldiers, civilians, Iraqis, and Americans talkand sometimes yell...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 22 May 2007 03:32:00 PST

Showtime Picks Up TAL TV for Second Season

The debut season of our television show recently ended, but the TV experiment has only just begun. We'll go into production at the end of this summer, and Season Two will hit the cablewaves, a year l...
Posted by This American Life on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:30:00 PST

Clips from Pandora's Box, the Season Finale

Our final TV episode debuted tonight on Showtime. It's called Pandora's Box, and it's one of our best. It'll be running all week on Showtime so check it out.Here's the description from our website:"T...
Posted by This American Life on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:50:00 PST