Act One-- Action! In that act the story of what happens when a person, who actually has the power to create reruns, gets stuck in a rerun. It's not close to anything really. It goes on for a long time. Logistically, celebrating in New York City poses challenges. When I saw this in the theater, I couldn't get over what a great idea he was. What's so crazy about Trent spending years making the exact same movie over and over, is not what he added to the film each time, but what he kept the same. I put a lot of time and effort into this project. I remember all the little things going on in my mind . Then a surgical procedure caused them excruciating pain. Judgment to the wife. Everybody is staring at me. You ever seen it? Fox's dad in Back to the Future. Beaver is a small kind of farming town. The Kid seems different than he was in the parking lot, way more nervous. No rich young white guy has ever gotten anywhere with me comparing himself to Rosa Parks. List of 1995 This American Life episodes (#1-7); List of 1996 This American Life episodes (#8-47); List of 1997 This American Life episodes (#48-87) The performers lawyer told the Florida Times-Union, telling these people they can exercise their first amendment rights somewhere other than on Saint George is like telling Rosa Parks that she has to sit in the back of the bus. Nowhere they inform us about that upfront in audio. He was working lousy jobs. Conner Miskowiec, 28, a content creator in Phoenix, decided to do a video series in which he asked strangers if they were going to celebrate Independence Day. He calls the director and begs him not to put the footage on TV. I do barely know this story. The movie seems to be over. Hosted by Ira Glass. This is actual live, huh? Do you think that I barely listen? Action! And oh, by the way, in the process, she gets arrested. And then we're mobbed. John Wayne? on, despite a lot of evidence that it works school integration. Ill be in London for the actual Fourth, she said, laughing. Can we ever go back? And what happened in between doesn't have to make sense. ], starring the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Contribute to robotmlg/these-american-lives development by creating an account on GitHub. Allison Bartella, 30, a publicist in Brooklyn, is also finally saying no to a holiday she never loved. Maybe those who would compare their personal inconveniences to the epic struggles of history are just looking for company. Torey ran our home radio station, WBEZ Chicago back in the mid-1990s. Here's a little bit of the old John Wayne for you. Special thanks today to Jeffrey Brown, author of the comic book Clumsy. This family is so nuclear, it's perfect. Here. It's starts with a hand held camera moving up to a kid in the middle of an empty parking lot. Photographs by Erik Tanner for The New York Times. This American Life is a weekly public radio program and podcast. And I walked out into the parking lot to test out a camera. Movies If you love film, you should be worried about what's going on at Turner Classic Movies. They're asking him questions and getting his autograph. And at the same time, you're aware he's orchestrated this whole elaborate event at 11:00 on a Saturday morning to a half-empty theater just so he can be up on stage at this moment and be put on TV. Stories of people who have the same thing going on with some story from their own past that Starlee has with Caroline in the City and Boy Meets World. And what Jackie Onassis had actually been doing is just waving for a cab. Like it was real estate that I wanted to be part of, so I just marched in and became part of it. I didn't know who he was. John Hodgman conducts an informal survey in which he asks the age-old question: Which is better: The power of flight or the power of invisibility? The most recent was The Radio Drama Episode.You can watch all three of our live shows on our videopage or buy them on our store. From WBEZ Chicago, it is This American Life distributed by Public Radio International. He's more like an overgrown boy dressing up for Halloween, doing the most outrageous thing he can think of. I was surrounded by thousands of well meaning well fed white kids who loved it when the filmmaker Michael Moore told them they should, like Rosa Parks, stand up to power. Columbo creators Richard Levinson and William Link's first choice to play their low-key detective was crooner Bing Crosby. Trent called the hospital, and was told the Beaver Kid had an accident with a gun. She realized she never loved the holiday. No, not that one. Very sorry that he'd put me through what he was putting me through. I have to say, as a symbolic moment, it's a good one. A lot of people get really defensive when you say you dont want to celebrate the Fourth of July because they think you dont care about soldiers who died or all the things that went into making this country.. It's the most popular weekly podcast in the . This year, she is staying put in New York City,where she plans to go to a bar on the Lower East Side. Listen, I thought your performance at the talent show was really funny. [MUSIC - "FIVE TIMES OUT OF A HUNDRED" BY HOT HOT HEAT]. There's an image of somebody holding a handwritten note. It is one of the most popular podcasts - heard by more than two million listeners each week on over 500 public radio stations in the U.S. with another 2.3 million people downloading each episode as a podcast. I'm shooting this thing with a home video camera. To leave? See ourmaking radiopage for a lot more info on making your own stories. Five years after the #MeToo explosion, whats happened in the lives of the women who went public with their stories? What percentage of television is about just straight up comfort and what percentage is about what we think of, traditionally, as entertainment? Then something happens I never would have seen coming. Will they make it? We receive tons of email, and we're thrilled because we know it means that lots of people are listening to the show. Is anyone else tired of just hearing reruns : ThisAmericanLife 23 Posted by u/Schemp001 3 years ago Is anyone else tired of just hearing reruns Is there really nothing new under the sun for hourglass to talk about that every episode includes reruns just mixed together differently 39 comments 63% Upvoted Log in or sign up to leave a comment And for that, I've always felt guilty. And the jury, upon deliberating about this, said, this particular witness has proven over the years a complete-- and she is very, very believable. But I can explain. 27 reruns and repackaging Close 27 Posted by2 days ago reruns and repackaging Recent episode #751: Audience of One is again a recycled old episode with slight updates. How are we going to do this now? Remember, she experienced the whole thing alone in her version. I loved that someone thought up a character his is so excited just to be taking pictures of a news helicopter parked on a strip of highway. For me? Patients at a fertility clinic experience excruciating, unexpected pain. This American Life for example, lists only the latest few episodes in their podcast feed at any given time. Thousands of stories. But she told it to me, and I, just simply, sort of like Ghengis Khan or Alexander the Great I occupied it. And I said, "To feed the animals?" We've arrive at Act 2 of our program. Its very much a controversial holiday now, she said, explaining why she made it. She says, Madison Avenue. The Retrievals, a new five-part series from Serial Productions,is hosted and reported by longtime This American Life producer and editor Susan Burton. And slowly you realize that it's a letter from the Beaver Kid. The Pink House at the Center of the World. And I wave back sort of tentatively, but beaming, beaming, beaming. How Ohio Republicans drew electoral maps that violated their own constitutional amendment. He said, in France it was Joan of Arc, in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale, in the deep South there was Rosa Parks, in India there was Mother Teresa, and in Florida there was Katherine Harris. (7 minutes), If you enjoyed this episode, you may like these, Production manager Seth Lind explains how he ended up watching Stanley Kubrick's. It is produced by Chicago Public Media, distributed by PRX, and has won all of . And there's this whole thing where he's like, the pig is licking my ear. I mean, but it seems more about you though. Other times youre just the only one left. You can watch the show onAmazon Prime,Hulu, andShowtime, and you can downloadSeason OneandSeason Twoon iTunes. The story of one womans mission to bring people together everywhere by eliminating small talk forever. You know where the buttons are attached to the garment, the stitching was black. There's an awful lot of pressure from the school, from the church, from your family, from everything to make you conform. People are constantly mocking him, sticking tacks on his chair, telling him he'll never make it onto TV. Each episode is posted on Sunday evening, following the national broadcast. No story like this is complete without the run-in with the police. This one representing adult dancers contesting Tampa's ordinance outlawing lap dancing. Which, of course, was heard on a canceled network TV series airing on cable. cycles full of expectation and hope. Well, I'm on TV. Kids navigating hairy situations all on their own, with no help from grown-ups. That's right, the guy that played Michael J. Usually we have anywhere from five to ten stories in development for film or TV. And they said, "What is that for?" This American Life. You know, you're the one who made these movies. Who is Torey Malatia anyway? And then Jackie raises her hand even more excitedly and starts sort of moving it back and forth and back and forth. She looks over her left shoulder, and she goes [SOUND OF SURPISE]. They simply hopped over a low iron wrought fence. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. And then there's the graduation story. It's a beautiful, beautiful fall day. He wanted to give the kid a happy ending. They also have a story that gets repeated in their house that has been the source of a small difference in interpretation between them. John was the one who was drunk in the story. Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday Why not try Saturday nights when they just have reruns on anyway. But who wrote it? You ever seen it? And not only is it Jackie Kennedy, but she's looking at me. The next thing you see is a man with a mustache standing on the stage of a school auditorium. Yeah, completely. If I have, I'm sorry, really. All American Season 2 Episode 8, "Life Goes On," pushes its characters into life-altering decisions, while showcasing its storytelling ability by giving proper focus to multiple season-long climaxes. The kid was OK though, able to talk on the phone. How can I get a transcript of a broadcast? 10 minutes into watching The Beaver Trilogy I could already feel how much I'd be talking about it. I try very hard to establish these things so that I have these reruns, because I live in eternal fear that the reruns are going to be gone. He doesn't care what people think anymore, and then he literally drives off into the sunset. Of course, there are many people, including celebrities, still getting into the patriotic spirit. And besides, I got a deadline to meet. And because I love you, I can say this. Let's get my wiggy on, and Olivia will just about be here. I then wave back with my whole, whole heart. They also came down on some tough decisions at the same time last year, and it made it very difficult to celebrate.. According to Reuters, on January 20, 2001 in Washington DC, the special guest at the Florida State inaugural ball was introduced by the country singer Larry Gatlin. Isaac Norbe, 40, who works in marketing in Seattle, understands why some people may be feeling down on America this year. Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine. I don't think it's fair. June 4, 2013 In 2011, a company called Oasis Research sued more than a dozen tech companies it said were violating its patent for online data backup. 787. An exploration of the very upper limits of what you do for someone you love. So, we ask that you take some time to research your question by searching thearchive. (SUBJECT) JOHN HODGMAN I look at them differently now. Carmen tells the story the exact same way all the time. Launching my latest project http://www.TheseAmericanLives.com, a tracker for reruns of This American Life (of course this week there are no reruns to show). And I kind of thought that this couldn't go on for much longer. For him, it isnt a time to celebrate a specific holiday. Serial tells one story a true story over the course of a season. (SUBJECT) JOHN HODGMAN I think she thinks it's pretty funny. So much of my life with Robert has been wandering around New York and him saying, oh, look you were sitting next to Candice Bergen. Just kind of out working for the Union Pacific Railroad. Peopleso close to each other,in extremely intimate situations,who are also a million miles apart. My little '64 Chevy. A new scene opens. It doesn't matter that he can't really sing, or that he looks nothing like Olivia Newton-John. I think so. What's strikingly fascinating about hearing his wife, Catherine, tell this same story is that after hearing it at least 20 times-- Well, you'll hear. People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what theyre seeing. Act Two, Marriage As Rerun. And we're walking along, and Tamar is distracted. It's an entire movie that's a rerun, based on a personal rerun that Trent found himself caught in. I don't know whether it's true or not, but in my mind I connect it together. The babyboomers are not necessarily out on dates or whatever on Saturdays. When we return in a minute. And that he would follow me around for for the rest of the day. I don't like it. And I want to know what it is. What are the stories we tell about women's pain and what happens when we minimize or dismiss it? People tangled up in our current racial backlash in both extreme and very personal ways. In her version, she comes home. Where all these people coming from? He knows his left from his right. The rest is the same too. County deputy sheriff, Val Johnson, indicating the claimed size of a flash of light he encountered in a 1979 UFO sighting. He's a good guy, and he loves his wife, Adrian, you know. I hope you don't think I'm crazy for this, but I'm a little worried about that Olivia number. Sarah Vowell is the author of the book, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, where her thoughts about Rosa Parks appear. Ira talks to three couples about the stories they've each told and heard countless times, and why. Use that search engine! And who wouldn't want to be in the company of Rosa Parks. He knows his left toe from his right toe, you know. (SUBJECT) JOHN HODGMAN You find penguins cute? I was just like, how is this possible? Melania Trump has even issued a set of NFTs in honor of Independence Day named the 1776 Collection. You look great. See, the problem is, that I heard this story like 1,000 times. 18 comments share save hide report And what in the heck is going on? Friends, we are not here today to talk about those supposedly good TV programs people who think that they're smart like to talk about when they talk about TV. When I asked Trent why he felt the need to add the phone call, and the gun, and exploitative director character, at first he says, it was just for dramatic effect. But it's not very good. And then, a handheld camera, a parking lot, a kid taking pictures. After the concert, Sean Penn, whose character's name is Larry, goes home and calls up the director on the phone and asks him not to play the footage on TV. I love hamming it up, you can tell. I hate the way she talks. Animations, music videos, speeches, our live stage shows, and more. He says, next to Central Park. Also, check out our music section to read and hear more from some of the musicians weve featured the most. Elizabeth Meister runs our website. Kesser ?] Action! Stories from the center of this moment of history, the day it happened. A recent Supreme Court ruling put freedom of expression above freedom from discrimination. Writer Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture the different sides of his mother. Transcripts become available the week after broadcast, normally on Monday. Hate the way she draws. So I'm really pleased one day. WBEZ management oversight by Mr. Torey Malatia. Who do I talk to? How do they know each other? I can hardly wait to see it on TV. Action! Which is, coincidentally, also the argument of another Florida lawyer. He's assembled a talent show, and he wants Trent to come down and film it. Again, I'm very, very reluctant to talk about what is going on in his mind or to speculate that way. I can imagine little kids being in really comfortable, carpeted family rooms and laying with their elbows propped up and watching Boy Meets World and feeling really safe. All of the sudden, there's 50 people standing around taking pictures and asking for his autograph. Yes we have videos! And then he just followed me around that day. Now can we quit? She was wearing a suit. You have no idea what's happening. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Which brings us to our last couple, Robert and Tamar. Call me picky, but breathing secondhand smoke, being subject to unfair dairy pricing, and not being able to mime or lap dance, though they are all tragic, tragic injustices, are not quite as bad as the systematic segregation of public transportation based on skin color. People staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? It was great. I can't believe it. When you watch the movie, there is no explanation for any of this. Once again, Trent lucked out. 22 years passed, and in the end, he was. Stories of people racing against time to solve a problem. Before she gets too far, here is Robert's interpretation of the same event. Stories from places that are slowly coming apart. Because something cute has suddenly become deeply un-cute. Trent spent $50,000 on it. I was like, mom, you are not making me go back up there. 5 ways "I Love Lucy" transformed television December 13, 2021 | Cristiana Lombardo One of the most beloved sitcoms of all time, " I Love Lucy " changed the history of television forever. It's This American Life. Jeez, let's see. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. (SUBJECT) JOHN HODGMAN They were all laughing at me and saying, what were you doing? And then sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which is the seed of the Civil Rights Movement as we know it. A few minutes later Isaac looks Dan in the eye and tells him--. This is Carissa. Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at a district that, not long ago, accidentally launched a desegregation program. I first cringed at this analogy trend at the lefty Ralph Nader's October 2000 campaign rally in Madison Square Garden. And you hear the music begin to creep up. Father Bradley posed, and she took the picture. This "parable of politics and race in America" tells the remarkable story of Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, who served from 1983 through his death in 1987. The show simply never wouldve existed without Torey. (16 minutes). Ask Ira Glass what it's like to be nearing the 500th episode of his beloved public radio show This American Life, and he gives a classic . Act 3, Reruns At The Back Of The Bus. Before we went to the zoo, I decided, somewhat presciently, that it would be a good idea for me to not have any identification with me. He tells me every movie needs a villain. These people all wanted to play this part. We list the songs between stories on the individual episode pages in the archive. But I remember that she had white buttons. Coming up, sticking around after the break, is that a heroic act? So I went to Catholic school, and when I was graduating from eighth grade, we had our our graduation in the church, in the school's church. All of a sudden, out of this sea of faces, one emerges. Well, our program is produced today by Jonathan Goldstein and myself, with Alex Blumberg, Diane Cook, Wendy Dorr, David Kastenbaum, and Starlee Kine. Well, let me tell ya, something out there in TV land. He wrote out a script and started looking for a leading man. I even picked up a brochure. It started in 2020 when the Black Lives Matter movement spotlighted many of the injustices across the country. It would be like a teddy bear biting you or something. When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to go about it. Ira Glass And in that moment, a cab pulls up alongside Jackie Onassis. Well, Sarah Vowell has been watching the trend carefully wherever it appears. The kid's taking pictures of a parked TV news traffic helicopter. But it's soundstages, and it looks really fake. I'm guessing, because she's the most qualified person in town to do it, but no one explains. This American Life is a weekly public radio show broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 2.1 million listeners. This is the very next scene. Full episode 226: Reruns Act Two Marriage As Rerun Transcript Many couples eventually encounter this problem: One person in the couple trots out the same story over and over, and the other person has to just listen. All shows aired as planned tonight, but at midnight that will all change. One thing led to another, and he was invited to screen it at the Sundance Film Festival. The site tracks every time an episode is re-aired, since the TAL site doesn't tell you that info. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. 2. I hope OK. Well, I'd like to get a picture of you. Shortly after Trent shot the talent show, he moved out to Hollywood with dreams of making it big. I've probably heard this story 20 or 25 times. And saw this fellow, and he sort of walked up to me, and away he went. There is a huge, huge party under a big tent. I can't believe it. The pandemic broke school. And then, finally, an hour into our interview, he tells me this. I guess we ought to be going. Please, Trent, come down. For months the reason for that pain remains hidden. Last summer Roe v. Wade was overturned, and that really made me less inclined to celebrate, she said. Yes friends, it is a fact of married life, one that is almost never discussed, that being married, being in any couple for more than one night, I would argue, means hearing the same stories over and over from your partner, possibly for the rest of your life. Birdsthe hearts they sway, the havoc they wreck, the lives they change. Starlee saw the movie, and tells the remarkable story of why it was made. And every day you tell me, nothing. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. And then the screen goes black. It's very, very, very comforting to watch it. And I'm looking at Tamar, and Tamar's looking at Jackie Onassis. An investigation into a very basic question about people: Are most of us bad or good? You've probably noticed the key differences already. Where we do your Christmas shopping, send our brand new greatest hits double CD set, Stories Of Hope And Fear to someone you love-- www.thisamericanlife.org. She comes home, and she tells Robert what happened to her. It's mostly true stories of everyday people, though not always. After all that, Trent quit his TV job, never airing his footage of the talent show, and drove to Hollywood where he immediately started working on the Sean Penn version of the story. People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems. In the studio we use the Shure KSM32 mic. They were anti-radio, I'd tell anyone willing to listen to my little rant on the. I thought he was in the pig pen. She says that I wasn't there. And Elisa Crouch's article in St Louis Dispatch that documented the day in the life of one Normandy senior is here. I can't believe it. We help you dig through the archive. Apparently they are diurnal creatures, and they sleep at night. There was a rerun though. There's lighting and extras and actual sets. He said, hey we ought to do part four. I did get a phone call after I'd been in Beaver. In March 2020, it ranked as the No. And maybe it's not over yet. So I didn't bring my wallet or my keys or my ID. And I immediately recognized who he was. (30 minutes), If you enjoyed this episode, you may like these. And he said, that a really good story like this should be something where the person telling the story both appears as a hero and then as an idiotic fool. I didn't know that they knew each other, whatever. In defense of Ted Nugent, the street performer, the mayor, the dairy farmer, the lap dancers, the Naderites, and a fictional sportscaster, I will point out that Katherine Harris is the only person on my list of people lamely compared to a civil rights icon who, at the very moment she was being compared to a civil rights icon, was actually being sued for massive voter disenfranchisement of people of color during the presidential election by the NAACP. This American Life (TAL) is a weekly public radio program and podcast. Both that heroic aspect and that completely de-clothed, humiliated, embarrassed aspect as well. And this was very thrilling to me. Ira Glass No. The screen fades to black. on education and the various kinds of school reforms administrators have tried to close the achievement His boss, Isaac, played by Robert Guillaume, agrees but tells him to do it anyway. Yeah, it's one of those shows that just went under the radar. It was a rerun of The Nanny was on. And I'm off. Starlee Kine tells the story of hundreds of boxes left behind by the late Andy Warhol. Director Trent Harris made a movie called, Our producer Diane Wu spent most of her life thinking she doesnt have a unique and personal take on. The room's filled with movie stars and all kinds of glamorous people drinking champagne and having a heck of time. Well, it's not going out yet, but it will. And I grabbed him and dragged him out the side door into a snow drift. The irony is not lost on me.. You know, every day I ask you, what did you do. But have you noticed that of all the stories that could get told in front of each other, only certain stories do get told? Again, here's Trent. What happens when of a group of public school students in the Bronx goes to visit an elite private school three miles away. She was going to the Hamptons, she said, on the most packed Long Island Rail Road train she have ever been on. A lot of people were like, Why would you ask such a question because it seemed like a duh thing, but I was like, Watch the videos and you will see., As for Ms. Tapp, she understands that rejecting the Fourth of July is a new and hard thing for some people. He stands by his opinion and balks at apologizing. By Rachael Maddux | May 3, 2009 | 7:00am Music Lists This American Life A week and a half ago, a friend and I braved the sprawly horrors of Atlanta's Hollywood 24 to see the live broadcast of. Ira speaks with New York Times Magazine Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones about her years reporting So we might do it this summer. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. Humans encounter non-human intelligences of various kinds and try to make sense of them. Our regular weekly broadcasts are closed to the public, but host Ira Glass performs numeroussolo showsthroughout the year, recreating the sound of the show on stage. Are you typing it? Another couple is RadioLab co-host Robert Krulwich and his wife Tamar Krulwich. But I remember it, I can picture it, I can see it so clearly." You can filter by year, tag, and contributor. Ira's own father, Barry Glass, co-hosts this special Father's Day show. Newsy stories that try to capture what it's like to be alive right now. It's a story they both tell. It also cost a lot more. But what do the stories we tell in front of our significant others mean, and what do the significant others really think of them? Here, listen. When I saw this in the theater, everyone in the audience hesitated for a minute before standing up. Zarna Garg had a clear plan for how she was going to find a husband. Another couple is RadioLab co-host Robert Krulwich and his wife Tamar Krulwich. July 3, 2023. But that's OK. Because they weren't meant for us anyway. Marissa Vivori, 29, a tech product manager in Manhattan, remembers the last time she celebrated the Fourth of July, a few summers ago. It's so long and so raw that you worry. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. [PHONE RINGING]. He realizes he's being filmed, and starts into a John Wayne impersonation. Sean Penn drops the phone and picks up a shotgun. But now that she is an adult shes 18 and entering college next year commemorating the holiday isnt so simple. I wasn't appreciative of that, and sensitive of that. The show is financially secure, so your donations are likely more needed at other organizations. The same story, over and over, with inexplicably happy endings thrown on. It was just a lucky accident that they met, and it changed their lives forever. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Carlton, along with Martin Sheen, Condola Rashad, Jason Segel, and Lakeith Stanfield. I've now learned that they are kind of shifty and mean and also harbingers of doom. The kid's wearing '70s clothes, bell-bottom jeans and a shirt with racing stripes. And maybe I wasn't as sensitive as I should have been or could have been. And she didn't advance the film when my name was called. He puts the barrel in his mouth and cocks the trigger. (SUBJECT) JOHN HODGMAN It was around this time that I also started doing some very low-key shoplifting.