This American Life- A Radio Show

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 04:41 PM

From many many years This American Life has been an awesome show and one I always look forward to hearing. Our Sunday routine ended around 3pm when this show came on in our area. It was time to sit down, spark up and sip a glass of wine over this very well produced and presented look at life, hosted by Ira Glass.

This American Life

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is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. The first episode aired on November 17, 1995, under the show's original title, Your Radio Playhouse.

A television program of the same name and basic structure of the radio program ran for two seasons on the Showtime cable network between June 2007 and May 2008. The program featured Ira Glass as the host and executive producer. In September 2009, it was reported that Glass and the other creators of the show had "asked to be taken off TV", due to the difficult schedule required to create the show.[

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Kompressor · 10-11-2010, 04:46 PM

I too am a big fan, though I've given up the radio for podcasts that I can listen to on my own schedule and without commercial interruption.

The one about the Jarvises, a family of pot growers, was especially riveting.

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 05:02 PM

Sedaris is hilarious. Have you read any of his books? I'm pretty sure he reads his own books on 'tape' for some extra lulz....

I always enjoyed making a time for this show. Sitting down and making it a special time to my Wife and I. Dude's just got a good Sunday afternoon voice

Kompressor · 10-11-2010, 05:06 PM

^ I liked When You Are Engulfed In Flames, and his radio broadcast of his holiday elf experience is so lulzy its repeated every holiday season.

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 05:09 PM

Heady!!! I knew there was still left to learn about you guys

Cheers dudes

The Rev · 10-11-2010, 05:11 PM

I'd like to see a return of the old fictional radio shows, or some variation on the old theme that works for today's audience. I can remember listening to some as a kid, when the last of them played on KNX news radio after the news was over. They bring the atmosphere to you, rather than suck you into it as TV does.

The Rev

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 05:17 PM

You may enjoy these Rev. It's not fiction, but truth can be stranger they say

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 05:36 PM

A moment that happens in my life, with great joy my heart swells, is to listen to my Wife read David Sedaris, preferably in public.... she has such a great laugh, and I think everyone should hear it....

So naturally when he's on the show, it's great for that reason too.

Ah... nostalgia. Been away from her for almost a month now. Moving next Sunday/Monday to be with her.

But eh... that is a fond memory, thanks for letting me share.

~SageTree

Kompressor · 10-11-2010, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Rev

I'd like to see a return of the old fictional radio shows, or some variation on the old theme that works for today's audience. I can remember listening to some as a kid, when the last of them played on KNX news radio after the news was over. They bring the atmosphere to you, rather than suck you into it as TV does.

The Rev

Isn't that what Garrison Keillor does?

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 06:25 PM

YouTube - A Prairie Home Companion: The News from Lake Wobegon, March 21, 2009

YouTube - A Prairie Home Companion: "Guy Noir" script, February 21, 2009

YouTube - A Prairie Home Companion: Rhubarb script - January 31, 2009

YouTube - A Prairie Home Companion: Catchup script 11/22/2008

badgoalie85 · 10-11-2010, 07:21 PM

radiolab is way better, but TAL is pretty kewl i guess.

myxomatosis · 10-11-2010, 07:24 PM

It's always been on my list of shit to listen to and I never have, heard nothing but good things however.

**SageTree** · 10-11-2010, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by myxomatosis

It's always been on my list of shit to listen to and I never have, heard nothing but good things however.

haha that is a fair and balanced answer any fox viewer would instantly recognize.

OldMan&TheWeed · 10-13-2010, 12:20 AM

I've been hooked on NPR since my teen-age years.

As Ira Glass likes to say, "Radio is the most visual of mediums."

While by and large NPR has a pro-pot slant, a notable exception is Terry Gross. Her interview with Tommy Chong following his arrest lowered her standing in my eyes considerably. It was a very hostile interview which ended with a rebuttal from the federal prosecutor.

kitch · 10-14-2010, 08:37 AM

on last week's Ira glass was talking about something that happened to him around age six and he was like 'That began a period of my life when I was obsessed with death'. I was like 'isn't that ERRY period in yer life Ira?'

10-11-2010, 04:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	I too am a big fan, though I've given up the radio for podcasts that I can listen to on my own schedule and without commercial interruption. The one about the Jarvises, a family of pot growers, was especially riveting. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	Sedaris is hilarious. Have you read any of his books? I'm pretty sure he reads his own books on 'tape' for some extra lulz.... I always enjoyed making a time for this show. Sitting down and making it a special time to my Wife and I. Dude's just got a good Sunday afternoon voice __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	^ I liked When You Are Engulfed In Flames, and his radio broadcast of his holiday elf experience is so lulzy its repeated every holiday season. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	Heady!!! I knew there was still left to learn about you guys Cheers dudes __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,867 Thanks: 5,019 Thanked 5,421 Times in 2,865 Posts	I'd like to see a return of the old fictional radio shows, or some variation on the old theme that works for today's audience. I can remember listening to some as a kid, when the last of them played on KNX news radio after the news was over. They bring the atmosphere to you, rather than suck you into it as TV does. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	You may enjoy these Rev. It's not fiction, but truth can be stranger they say __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,769 Times in 4,664 Posts	A moment that happens in my life, with great joy my heart swells, is to listen to my Wife read David Sedaris, preferably in public.... she has such a great laugh, and I think everyone should hear it.... So naturally when he's on the show, it's great for that reason too. Ah... nostalgia. Been away from her for almost a month now. Moving next Sunday/Monday to be with her. But eh... that is a fond memory, thanks for letting me share. ~SageTree __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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badgoalie85 Spiraling Out Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NoVA Posts: 1,085 Thanks: 97 Thanked 454 Times in 288 Posts	radiolab is way better, but TAL is pretty kewl i guess. __________________ Pursue happiness. To each his own.

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myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,027 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	It's always been on my list of shit to listen to and I never have, heard nothing but good things however. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

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OldMan&TheWeed been there done that Join Date: May 2006 Location: The West Posts: 2,281 Thanks: 294 Thanked 800 Times in 406 Posts	I've been hooked on NPR since my teen-age years. As Ira Glass likes to say, "Radio is the most visual of mediums." While by and large NPR has a pro-pot slant, a notable exception is Terry Gross. Her interview with Tommy Chong following his arrest lowered her standing in my eyes considerably. It was a very hostile interview which ended with a rebuttal from the federal prosecutor. __________________ Nintey-three percent of what I say is brilliant, factual information and seven percent is complete bullshit. Have fun deciding which is which.

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