For the television adaptation of the same name, see This American Life (TV series).
This American Life
Other names
Your Radio Playhouse
Genre
Radio short stories and essays
Running time
c. 60 minutes
Country of origin
United States
Language(s)
English
Home station
WBEZ
Syndicates
Public Radio Exchange,[1] CBC Radio One (Canada), ABC Radio National (Australia)
TV adaptations
This American Life
Hosted by
Ira Glass
Created by
Ira Glass Torey Malatia
Produced by
Bim Adewunmi
Elna Baker
Diane Wu
Dana Chivvis
Sean Cole
Aviva DeKornfeld
Lilly Sullivan
Zoe Chace
Chana Joffe-Walt
David Kestenbaum
Miki Meek
Nadia Reiman
Alissa Shipp
Lina Misitzis
Brian Reed
Nancy Updike
Executive producer(s)
Ira Glass
Edited by
Sarah Abdurrahman
Susan Burton
Ben Calhoun
Tobin Low
Laura Starecheski
Robyn Semien
Nancy Updike
Diane Wu
Senior editor(s)
Emanuele Berry
Recording studio
Chicago, Illinois (1995–2007) New York City, New York (2007–present)
Original release
November 17, 1995 (1995-11-17) – present (present)
No. of episodes
824[2] (as of May 5, 2024[update])
Audio format
Stereo, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts
Website
www.thisamericanlife.org
Podcast
feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast
This American Life (TAL) is an American weekly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass.[3] It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, 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,[4] under the show's original title, Your Radio Playhouse. The series was distributed by Public Radio International[5] until June 2014, when the program became self-distributed with Public Radio Exchange delivering new episodes to public radio stations.[6]
A television adaptation of the show ran for two seasons on the Showtime cable network[7] between June 2007 and May 2008.
^Public Radio Exchange only handles the delivery of the program to public radio stations. Radio Distribution Announcement Archived July 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^"Archive". This American Life.
^Abel, Jessica; Glass, Ira (1999). Radio: An Illustrated Guide. WBEZ Alliance Inc. ISBN 0-9679671-0-4.
^"This American Life: The Television Show!". This American Life. Retrieved March 3, 2007.[dead link]
^"Public Radio International Dropping 'This American Life'". Deadline. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
^Jensen, Elizabeth (May 28, 2014). "Spurning Suitors, 'This American Life' Opts for Self-Distribution". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 4, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^Torey Malatia (January 2, 2006). "This American Life Radio Program To Air Television Series on Showtime" (PDF) (Press release). WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
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