Sorry, it only airs on NPR around here and their site says "This American Life is produced by Chicago Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International."

NPR and your local public radio station are two different things. Everyone acts like they aren't (I never say "I'm putting on WBEZ"; I say "I'm putting on NPR"), but in reality, your local public radio station is a separate entity that buys content from NPR and PRI.

This is usually a distinction without a difference, but when it comes to evaluating the standards and practices of a particular show, it helps to know who actually has oversight.

Its much akin to Syndication on TV but when you see a large Warner Brother's logo in front of a show on the CW, it's easier to distinguish.

Chicago Public Radio and Public Radio International aren't affiliated with NPR. PRI is a competitor.

Marketplace is.

Marketplace is produced by American Public Media.

http://www.marketplace.org/

Look, they're all part of the same Kenyan muslim communist atheist climate-change-imagining prius-driving organic-food-eating "fact and reality" based conspiracy.

A real news outlet determines the truth before, optionally, looking for or fabricating facts to support it.

Now, what's a good synonym for "slut"?