That American Life

The greatest podcast of all time? The greatest radio show of all time? This American Life might be both, and this site is a love letter to a show I've listened to obsessively since I first encountered it.

That American Life scrapes transcripts from thisamericanlife.com, parses them, aggregates the data, and presents it here for you to gawk at.

As the site evolves and my data set grows I'm hoping to offer visualizations and analyses of trends in the podcast over time. For now, and until then, you are welcome to the questionable fruits of my labor.

Recent Updates

Can you believe they used to call the show “Your Radio Playhouse?” I guess when you consider that each episode is broken down into “acts” it makes a little sense, especially here where the acts aren’t even named.

Ira’s mom appears here in her first of many appearances on the podcast. Also, Ira sounds so young in this.

Episodes

• 1. New Beginnings

Contributors

• Ed Ryder
• Harrison Ford
• Ira Glass
• Joe Franklin
• Kevin Kelly
• Lawrence Steger
• Receptionist
• Shirley Glass
• Unspecified

About

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