This American Life

Season 22007

The Peabody Award-winning public radio series that combines journalism with opinion, fiction and biography becomes this highly anticipated TV series hosted by Ira Glass.

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6 Episodes

E01 Reality Check

Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes: an elementary school student tries to solve a common childhood problem; a rancher resuscitates a beloved pet, which later turns on him; people team to give an unknown rock band the greatest night of its life.

March 22, 2007

E02 My Way

An exploration of the benefits and costs of stubbornness. If you're a 15-year-old boy, and you don't want to fall in love, maybe you can just decide not to do it. Ever. Stories of trying to cheat death, love, political reality, and memory with only an idiosyncratic vision and a lot of stamina.

March 29, 2007

E03 God's Close-Up

An artist, his Jesus-model, the model's girlfriend, the girlfriend's father, and a bunch of bearded men all converge in Utah. An elaborate artistic tableau is set up in the desert, and there are several attempts by the faithful and the not-so-faithful to bridge the divide between them. Nancy Updike reports.

April 5, 2007

E04 The Cameraman

Being behind the camera changes you. It's not just that you see everything differently; you act differently also. This episode features two stories, one big, one small, exploring this phenomenon.

April 12, 2007

E05 Growth Spurt

What do you do if you don't like where you are in life? You simply decide to move forward, into the next stage, by sheer force of will. A widow; an ambitious, first-time screenwriter; and a 13-year-old girl all charge forward into their futures with uneven results.

April 19, 2007

E06 Pandora's Box

Three stories of consequences that follow from human beings' doing what we do best: poking our noses everywhere, fixing things that may or may not be broken, and opening our big mouths. A hot dog stand in Chicago unleashes dark forces in the human soul; and scientists try, unsuccessfully, to create perfect pigs.

April 26, 2007

This American Life

E01 Reality Check

E02 My Way

E03 God's Close-Up

E04 The Cameraman

E05 Growth Spurt

E06 Pandora's Box

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The Walking Dead

Breaking Bad

Squid Game

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Two and a Half Men

Twin Peaks

The Mandalorian

Wednesday

Game of Thrones

Chernobyl

Loki

Friends

Shadow and Bone

The Sopranos

Gravity Falls

Spartacus

ALF

E01 Reality Check

E02 My Way

E03 God's Close-Up

E04 The Cameraman

E05 Growth Spurt

E06 Pandora's Box