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| RADIO | Broadcast December 18 - December 20 |
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This year, The Princeton Review named Penn State the #1 Party School in America. It's a rotating crown—last year it was University of Florida, before that it was West Virginia University. So we wondered: What is it like to be at the country's top party school? This American Life producers spent a recent football weekend at Penn State to figure this out. There, we learned the definition of "fracket" (think frat plus jacket); the best way to clean up beer cans after a big party (snow shovel); and how hard it is to get college kids to drink less (really hard). More...
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| RADIO | Broadcast December 11 - December 13 |
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There are umpteen TV shows about solving murders, endless whodunits in bookstores. But what happens to the people left behind after the detectives close the case? This week, three stories about children trying to figure out how to live normally after their parents have died. Pictured: Rachel Howard and her dad, Stan Howard, who was murdered in his house in 1986. His killer was never found. More...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Mutants Listen to TAL
This American Life appeared in the latest X-Men comic, Nation X #1! Nightcrawler and Wolverine tune in. See a scan of the panel at the Vocalo blog.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Please Help Keep Our Show In Production
It costs Chicago Public Radio $130,000 a year to cover the bandwidth for delivering our free podcast. And it costs a lot more than that to produce the show itself. In the past that money has come from people donating to public radio stations, but more and more people like you are listening online...and we need your help. A buck. Five bucks. Ten if you can spare it. Click here to donate. We're hoping that lots of little donations like this can keep the show in production, and keep the podcast and streaming free. We really appreciate you helping out.
Also, and this is very exciting: now you can text your donation. Just text the word LIFE to the number 25383, and a one-time donation of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Send your text, then reply YES to the confirmation. It literally takes ten seconds, and will be a huge help. If that's confusing, you can of course just donate on the web. Again, thank you. We can't make the show without your help.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
New This American Life Merch For the Holidays!
Search no further for your holiday shopping. Well OK, you're going to have to shop a lot of other places too. But we do have some cool new stuff, including:
DVDs of "Return to the Scene of the Crime," our 2009 live cinema show. Dan Savage, Mike Birbiglia and Starlee Kine all perform. Plus a special musical appearance by Joss Whedon, a cartoon by Chris Ware and more. Shot by 7 HD cameras and packed with bonus features like audio commentary, behind the scenes photos and the popular pre-show puzzles. Lovingly mastered by John Kuramoto with menu art by Chris Ware and package art by Travis Bone.
Snowman T-Shirts! A while back we had a t-shirt design contest, and one of the winners was Jon Shkiele's weightlifting snowman image, inspired by a story in our episode "The Super." To all who have been bugging us about when they'll be available: never. Just kidding: now.
"Your Guide to the Meltdown" 4-CD Set. This package collects four full hours of economics coverage by the Planet Money team: "The Giant Pool of Money," "Another Frightening Show about The Economy," "Bad Bank" and "The Watchmen." You know, the shows that made you think that finance could actually be really dramatic and entertaining. Really cool packaging design.
Also back in stock: the Super Limited Edition DVD/Book collecting both seasons of our TV show, with 64 pages of production photographs and diaries.
Plus posters, greatest hits CDs, mugs, you name it. DEADLINE FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY: SUNDAY DECEMBER 13th. (Shipments will arrive by Dec 23rd).
Cheers,
Your friends at TAL
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