Lessons from 863 episodes of This American Life

Re:Lessons from 863 episodes of This American Life by adamgordonbell on Sunday July 06, 2025 @03:51PM (#44483496)

Love TAL. Been trying copy and learn from Ira Glass, and his many producers forever.

Some episodes hit so hard they can change how you think about something.

There is a fun graphic novel about how TAL and other narrative radio shows are made. I forget it's name, buts its great.

They also briefly had a TV show that I liked and spun off serial and many other shows and introduced me and the world to David Sedaris.

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Re:Lessons from 863 episodes of This American Life by 6forward on Sunday July 06, 2025 @04:48PM (#44483925)

As an occasional listener to TAL I’m wondering how you feel about RadioLab, particularly the older series with Robert and Jad. I’ve always felt RadioLab and TAL fit within the same cabinet in my mind

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Re:Lessons from 863 episodes of This American Life by adamgordonbell on Sunday July 06, 2025 @06:38PM (#44484757)

I haven't listened to radiolab in a while but I loved it. Some said it was too busy, but it was pretty immersive and told good science stories.

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Re:Lessons from 863 episodes of This American Life by detourdog on Sunday July 06, 2025 @05:13PM (#44484109)

Those 2 shows and 99% invisible cover my curiosities.

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Re:Lessons from 863 episodes of This American Life by ethbr1 on Monday July 07, 2025 @06:15AM (#44488659)

No discussion is complete without mentioning Car Talk.

For your existential life quandaries and occasional advice of a mechanical nature. ('Don't trust my brother!')

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