`This American Life' keeps its voice in shift to TV format

The Boston Globe;  March 22, 2007 ;   Matthew Gilbert;   597 words ......REVIEWS This American Life Starring: Ira...adaptation of "This American Life" really tries...the public-radio show on which it...Exposure." "This American Life," tonight at...distinguish it on radio. Because "This American Life" is on pay...mood of ...

Showtime has the radio guy and his singular storytelling.(radio show "This...

Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  March 18, 2007 ;   Davila, Florangela;   787 words ......wildly popular This American Life radio show here. The Chicago Public Radio show, heard by some 2 million...starting Thursday This American Life, in a striking transformation...situations -- This American Life the radio show, in its 12 ...

American idol: after more than two decades on the radio, This American...

W;  March 1, 2007 ;   Comita, Jenny;   636 words ......storytelling show This American Life, packed up his...producing his weekly radio show, he got married...version of This American Life, which debuts...ever doing the radio show every minute I...course of This American Life's run, for example...feeling. Like ...

Showtime smoothes way for Glass' 'Life'.('This American Life')(Brief...

Daily Variety;  May 4, 2005 ;   Martin, Denise;   188 words ......award-winning radio series This American Life. Pay cabler had been working...hammer out a deal to bring American Life to the small screen for about...first-person storytelling. As in the radio show, series will focus on unique...way. Hourlong radio show American ...

NPR radio show gets TV gig on Showtime.(Business)

The Boston Herald;  February 9, 2006 ;   Noyes, Jesse;   362 words ......decade, public radio show This American Life is getting visual...you hear our radio show, 15 seconds...TV show. This American Life is broadcast...Whether public radio listeners pony...adding This American Life will be about...

Public radio show's tales now told on TV

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 18, 2007 ;   MARC FISHER, THE WASHINGTON POST;   787 words ......18-2007 Public radio show's tales now told...All Editions THIS AMERICAN LIFE Premieres 10:30...Life," the public radio show that Ira Glass...come across on the radio. "TV adds artifice...or evil." "This American Life," or "TAL," appeared...

What a 'Life'; Hit public radio show brings its madcap methods to Hub...

The Boston Herald;  November 30, 2000 ;   Cavaan, Azell Murphy;   701 words ......producers of the public radio show This American Life say fans can expect...tour in honor of the radio show's fifth year on the...contributors to This American Life Ian Brown, David...host of the Canadian radio show Talking Books and...

This American Life Offers Free Podcast.

PR Newswire;  October 12, 2006 ;     419 words ......PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Public Radio's This American Life, one of the most popular shows in...com and at the iTunes Store. This American Life will continue offering free streaming...Ira Glass, host and creator of This American Life, announces the podcast launch on...listeners ...

`This American Life' gets smart on two-CD set

The Boston Globe;  June 26, 1999 ;   Juliana Verdone, Globe Correspondent;   770 words ......FIASCOES: The Best of "This American Life" Rhino, two-CD set, $16.97 If you try to explain the radio show "This American Life" to the uninitiated, you...Fiascoes: The Best of `This American Life' " is that it gives the...pulled into {it}?" "This American ...

'American Life' works on TV, too.(SPOTLIGHT)

The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA);  June 10, 2007 ;     438 words ......started in 1995, Chicago public radio show This American Life boasted a host who once posed...country that broadcast This American Life, you'll hear Glass start...narrative delight that is This American Life. Kristin Torres just graduated...

TELEVISION; The importance of flossing; 'American Life' highlights the...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 18, 2008 ;   JOANNE WEINTRAUB;   787 words ......of Glass' "This American Life." The Showtime...popular public radio show of the same name...episode of "This American Life," like the hourlong radio show, features a number...admiration -- "This American Life." Short takes...

Radio Show 'This American Life' coming to TV

University Wire;  March 22, 2007 ;   Ginia Sweeney;   427 words ......fifteen years, Glass has hosted and produced "This American Life," the award-winning show on National Public Radio that explores the surprisingly unusual lives of ordinary...an age that is so television-dominated. But "This American Life" is to become a television show, too. It remains ...

Public radio show is evolving and moving into different media.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 16, 2005 ;   Elder, Robert K.;   787 words ......Glass and This American Life are as familiar...now, will This American Life have left radio...public radio, This American Life is expanding...status of the radio show is in flux, says...transformed public radio in the way that...it became This ...

Slice of 'Life' ; 'This American Life' host Ira Glass, who comes to...

Concord Monitor;  October 11, 2007 ;   VICTORIA SHOULDIS;   787 words ......300,000 or so on the podcast - each week on his radio show, This American Life. This American Life, heard each weekend in the...There's a big difference in the pacing - on the radio show, you know, you can hit a spot where you need to...

This American Life.(Television program review)

Daily Variety;  March 22, 2007 ;   Gallo, Phill;   364 words ......tenor and charm of the public radio show This American Life are sustained in Showtime's...tales. When Life works on the radio, the stories paint vivid pictures...synopsis. It's identical to the radio show Glass has hosted since 1995...