There are actually too many trailers this week. It's kind of annoying. I love a bunch of trailers as much as the next guy, but at a certain point you are like, enough with all the trailers! Haha,…   Read Story »

This American Life is obviously one of all of our favorite radio shows. Lately, every single day, I've been listening to old episodes of This American Life in the hours between when I am not working…   Read Story »

Hi everyone. Starlee Kine here. I am your penultimate guest blogger. At least I think  I  am. Tomorrow there’s a whole “cast and writer” thing happening so I’m not sure if I am…   Read Story »

David Sedaris was the interview guest on last night's the Daily Show, which also included a new John Hodgman segment featuring a guest appearance by Ira Glass. This isn't everyone's thing, but to the…   Read Story »

Tonight, Ira Glass and his This American Life cohort will be putting on a special live show at NYU's Skirball Center, which will be simulcast to 400 movie theaters around the country. They did a…   Read Story »

The season finale of This American Life nailed it last night. In the hour-long episode, they found seven people all named John Smith but at different stages in their life, and then stitched their…   Read Story »

In casting news today, George Clooney has been signed on to star in a film adaptation of Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats. From Variety: George Clooney will topline, and his Smoke House…   Read Story »

As I mentioned in my recap of the This American Life live show, this animation from season 2 is just great: I still wish they would have animated John Hodgman's story about sneaking into the…   Read Story »

Man, This American Life wasted no time going for the heartstrings in their debut episode last night, telling the story of Mike, a young man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which has left him bed-ridden…   Read Story »

In order to promote the second season of their TV show, This American Life put together a live event last night at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, which was simulcast (I'm a…   Read Story »