This American Life
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This American Life (TAL) 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,[1] under the show's original title, Your Radio Playhouse. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Radio
Research
Related Publications:
Public Radio International
Location:
Chicago, IL, US
Editorial
Edited By:
Kaizar Campwala
Last Edit:
Oct 13, 2009 - 11:08 AM PDT
Story Stats
Top Topics:
Business (5), U.S. (4), Finance (4), World (3), U.S. Economy (3), Money (2), Politics (2), Global Economy (2), Living (2), Campaign Reform (1), Law (1), Human Rights (1), China (1), Lobbying (1), Money and Politics (1)...
Top Authors:
Ira Glass (6), Alex Blumberg (2), Jesse Eisinger (1), Jake Bernstein (1), Adam Davidson (1)
Top Formats:
Special Report (2), News Report (1), Investigative Report (1), Opinion (1), Editorial (1)
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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 ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Retraction
(Audio - streaming) Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in "Mr. Daisey ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Inside Job: Eat my Shorts
(Audio - streaming) For seven months a team of investigative journalists from ProPublica looked into a story for us, the inside story of one company that made hundreds of millions of dollars for ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Scenes From a Recession
(Audio - streaming) The economy works in mysterious ways. This week, we highlight the unusual circumstances our economic drought has left us in, and the newly hatched plans being made to survive ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
More is Less
(Podcast) An hour explaining the American health care system, specifically, why it is that costs keep rising. One story looks at the doctors, one at the patients and one at the ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
The Giant Pool of Money
(Audio - streaming) What does the housing crisis have to do with the turmoil on Wall Street? Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone ...Posted by Eremipagamo Amabebe
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