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List Of 2008 This American Life Episodes ...
In 2008, there were 25 ''This American Life'' episodes. External links''This American Life''s radio archive for 2008 {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of 2008 ''This American Life'' episodes 2008 This American Life This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This American Life
''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. The first episode aired on November 17, 1995, under the show's original title, ''Your Radio Playhouse''. The series was distributed by Public Radio International until June 2014, when the program became self-distributed with Public Radio Exchange delivering new episodes to public radio stations. A television adaptation of the show ran for two seasons on the Showtime cable network between June 2007 and May 2008. Format Each week's show has a theme, explored in several "acts". On occasion, an entire program will consist of a single act. Each act is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Dunbar
Bobby Dunbar was an American boy whose disappearance at the age of four and apparent return was widely reported in newspapers across the United States in 1912 and 1913. After eight months of nationwide searching, investigators believed that they had found the child in Mississippi, in the hands of William Cantwell Walters of Barnesville, North Carolina. Dunbar's parents claimed the boy as their missing son. However, both Walters and a woman named Julia Anderson insisted that the boy with him was Anderson's son Bruce. Julia Anderson could not afford a lawyer, and the court eventually ruled in favor of the Dunbars. Percy and Lessie Dunbar retained custody of the child, who proceeded to live out the remainder of his life as Bobby Dunbar. In 2004, DNA profiling established in retrospect that the boy found with Walters and "returned" to the Dunbars as Bobby had not been a blood relative of the Dunbar family. This makes most believe that the boy was in fact Bruce Anderson and had been w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Giant Pool Of Money
"The Giant Pool of Money" is an episode of the radio show ''This American Life'' which originally aired on May 9, 2008. The episode described to a general audience the causes and factors which led to the subprime mortgage crisis. Specifically, the show aimed to show the chain of people who were "participants up and down the subprime food chain". The show featured Adam Davidson, a business correspondent for National Public Radio and Alex Blumberg, a producer for the show, interviewing and reporting on the financial crisis. Blumberg described it as trying to answer the question "why are they lending money to people who can't afford to pay it back?" In 2020, the episode was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry, making it the first podcast to be added to the registry. Content of the show The episode's name "The Giant Pool of Money" is derived from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of This American Life Episodes
The following is a list of the yearly lists of ''This American Life'' radio episodes. ''This American Life'' is a weekly hour-long public radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio and hosted by Ira Glass. It began as a radio program in 1995. * 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) * List of 1998 ''This American Life'' episodes (#88–118) * List of 1999 ''This American Life'' episodes (#119–148) * List of 2000 ''This American Life'' episodes (#149–174) * List of 2001 ''This American Life'' episodes (#175–202) * List of 2002 ''This American Life'' episodes (#203–227) * List of 2003 ''This American Life'' episodes (#228–255) * List of 2004 ''This American Life'' episodes (#256–279) * List of 2005 ''This American Life'' episodes (#280–305) * List of 2006 ''This American Life'' episodes (#306–322) * List of 2007 ''This American Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Radio
Several events occurred in radio in 2008. __TOC__ Events *February 11: The Bosnian commercial Islamic radio station Radio BIR begins broadcasting from Sarajevo. *February 23: FM Hatsukaichi begins broadcasting in the Chūgoku region of Japan. *March 1: ADN Radio Chile, a sports and news service, begins broadcasting on 91.7 MHz FM from Santiago. *June 1: The eXpat Chart is launched on 4 English-language radio stations across Europe. *November 1: Big 106.2 is launched in Auckland, New Zealand. *''date unknown'': Iraqi public radio station Aredo FM begins broadcasting from Baghdad. Debuts *February 11: ''One on One with Igan'', a Philippine weekday morning radio show, is launched, replacing ''Dobol A sa Dobol B''. (See Endings.) *May 12: '' Super Balita sa Tanghali Nationwide'', the midday newscast of DZBB in the Philippines, begins its run. * December 13: '' Musikhjälpen'', Swedish radio charity appeal Endings *January 30: '' Dobol A sa Dobol B'', a Philippine w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
