This American Life

This American Life is a weekly documentary radio show in the United States. It is produced by WBEZ (a non-commercial public radio station from Chicago, Illinois) and published on many U.S. radio stations. According to the statistics taken from their official website, this show is distributed via PRX The Public Radio Exchange to more than 500 radio stations in the United States. If you like documentary journalistic programs, This American Life is for you. You can download their podcasts at their official website or listen to This American Life online. Show more This American Life was created in 1995 by Ira Glass (an American journalist and producer) and Torey Malatia (journalist, radio producer and public media manager). The original title of this show was Your Radio Playhouse. Currently it is hosted by Ira Glass only. The show has a talk format and features short stories, essays, monologues, interviews etc. It became quite popular in the United States and some of the episodes became the basis for movie scripts.