Thursday
Jan142010
The Unofficial Ira Glass Fan Club
Thursday, January 14, 2010 
My husband and I are regular listeners to Chicago’s National Public Radio "This American Life" with Ira Glass. It features a theme each week, and within each episode are two or three "acts", or stories, shared on that theme. All of the stories are true, American-life stories, that are completely unique, unbelievable, and thought-provoking.
Here are some of our favorite episodes..
Human Resources
Ties that Bind
It's Never Over
Ties that Bind
It's Never Over
Nobody's Family is Going to Change
Mistakes Were Made
Each podcast is only one hour long, and it's completely free to download them from iTunes or from the website. They are usually the #1 downloaded podcast from iTunes.
To download an episode from iTunes....
>iTunes Store
>Click on Podcasts (it's in the upper left-hand corner)
>This American Life is usually #1 on the right-side "Top Podcasts"... click on that link
>The Podcast episode will be listed at the bottom... click on "Get Episode".... it's free! Download it & it will appear in your "Podcast" folder. Enjoy! You can also click "Subscribe" and iTunes will automatically download new episodes to your computer every week.... for free.
> NOTE: Episodes over a few weeks old may be available for 99 cents.
Reader Comments (1)
"Eddie One Way," is a great character in the segment entitled "Middle of the Night." MOTN is about the frenzy of dealmaking that takes place each night at a huge wholesale marketplace in the NYC area where producers and suppliers of foodstuff seek to find large institutional buyers at the best possible price before morning comes. It's a fascinating view into how food really gets to where we get it from.