reviewed: This American Life
Essential
This show is so insightful. I never finish an episode without feeling as though I’ve had an enriching experience. Once, during a particularly fraught time in our nation’s history, I made a social media post to say “Some people have never listened to This American Life - and it shows”. Because it does.
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Good
I think that the stories are interesting and it is definitely worth listening to.
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Sometimes, this show...
I've listened for YEARS, but sometimes this show can be so grating and annoying!!! I want to grab some of these speakers by the shoulders and shake them vigerously and yell (Don Corleon like) "you can act like a man!!". Just shut up, step up, pull yourself together and take action to solve your problem!!! These dweeby, nebbish tools talking in their timid, pitifully ineffectual soft voices just drive me crazy!! On these episodes, i turn off the radio (or podcast).
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Good reporting, but definitely skewed
Very left leaning media, consistent throughout the years. As the media continues to polarize further, I’ve noticed this American Life has leaned more and more left of center. Annoying that they don’t take the time or effort to give another perspective a fair chance.
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5 stars
This American life is an incredible podcast which tells story’s about people just like us, It has the best story’s that show how other people deal with life.
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Please stop the reruns and recycling of stories!
This is my first and has always been my favorite podcast. But in the last several months, it feels like there’s very little new material. It used to be that we were warned if the episode was a rerun. Now, they just recycle several old stories and package them together as a new show and maybe add a 30 se one follow up. Ugh! We need new content!
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I hate podcasts
But I love this American Life. It’s the only one I’ve listened to consistently since podcasts became a thing. Most of the time, my brain is pumping out it’s own content and I’m the host. This podcast talks about random things, how they’re connected (sometimes eerily), and how it impacts the listener. I feel like I walk away having learned something interesting each time.
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Nine Months Later
This episode deserves an award.
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Information
This American Life is how I stay informed about the world and what is going on in it. Without TAL, I would no little to nothing about anything. One thing I wish is that more than 10 episodes would be out at a time. I also wish that more episodes would come out every week. Thanks for listening!
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this NPR show is great
doesn’t Planned Parenthood offer other services rather than abortion isn’t that their job why does it have to end up being the death of a baby this episode exposes so much of what Planned Parenthood is all about The ultimate death of a baby with abortion
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What happened?
As an immigrant, I loved loved loved This American Life. It helped me feel welcome in my new home and better understand the world around me. But recently, as I was nodding along to an episode, thinking about my family and how it mirrored my experience, my heart dropped as the narrator pointed out that the experience they were describing was unique to a specific marginalized community that only they could understand. It helped me put my finger on why I’ve felt disconnected from the show. Representation is important and instead it of thoughtfully weaving stories of underrepresented communities, TAL is attempting to cram them in focus on what divides Americans than what unites us. It’s regressive (and at times, misogynistic).
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The best storytelling podcast in existence.
Read the title.
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This American Left
What happened to this show? Used to be great but now only caters to the far left and trans LGBT community. Does not represent American life, unless you have purple hair and living in a tent in Portland
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An American Institution
And one of the rare ones you can trust…with your mind, heart, emotions, attention, entertainment and learning time, and so much more! Simply cannnotnsay enough about how much I have enjoyed TAM for decades! Never miss it. Truly grateful for Ira’s genius, wit, insatiable questioning, observations, and the amazing gift for story telling, as well as the incredible team of storytellers, reporters, and producers. Of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t include my “thanks as always” to the gifted and all around good sport, Torey Malatia! My one complaint…why only weekly show? We need this daily!! I by am sure the world would be much better place!Thanks!
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Subway Ride
I just listened to the podcast that mentions the awkward subway ride and this is the best podcast I’ve ever heard. To share your thoughts with the world like that, wow unbelievable. It was music to my ears. Thank you.
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March 26, 2023
Listening to the Intro to the show today (an interview between Ira Glass and a very young and new producer) I was struck by how responsive Ira is to his interviewees. The shows are always good--& the level of empathy in his queries is phenomenal. I would have loved to have worked with him and for him during my own career!
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Just discovered this show
Ira Glass maybe the undisputed heavyweight champion of radio broadcasting and like Mr. glass, I wanna be up there with the Broadcasting big dogs. This show may help me get one step closer to my goal. Love it.
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This show lost its magic.
This show has become just another political podcast. It used to be so good. There is so much politically driven divisiveness going on in this country and this used to be a bit of levity. I used to listen to this to hear interesting, heartwarming stories about all sorts of people in this beautiful, diverse and fascinating country but I have to go to the archives to hear these stories now. It's lost it's magic.
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My FAVORITE Podcast
Stories that make you laugh, cry and stick with you.
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This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.
This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.