The mundane gives way to flights of fancy as Showtime's "This American Life" returns for a second illuminating season.
By Heather Havrilesky May 4, 2008
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A television version of Ira Glass' beloved radio program "This American Life" could have been deadly. But the new Showtime series is as lively and vibrant as the original.
By Heather Havrilesky
March 22, 2007
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The author of "Fraud" talks about being Gene Kelly, tiny, tiny writing and the boom in humorous essays.
By Brett Leveridge
June 11, 2001
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Barrel Fever
By David Sedaris
October 5, 2000
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The star of "Strangers With Candy" likes "small woodland creatures" and wants to play Angie
Dickinson as "Police Woman."
By Rex Doane
May 5, 2000
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Joe Frank conjures up the nightmares that "This American Life" and "A Prairie Home Companion" have when they go home at night.
By Susan Emerling
March 7, 2000
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"It Hurts" author Matthew Collings on the uselessness of secular critics, Warhol's sincere cynicism and how one avoids annoying art-speak.
By Sarah Vowell
December 1, 1999
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Why have there been more good movies in the past eight weeks than in the past eight years?
By Sarah Vowell
November 17, 1999
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Now that both Felicity and Jennifer Love Hewitt live here, the streets of New York are no longer safe for Scorsese fans.
By Sarah Vowell
November 3, 1999
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Is interior home design responsible for the downfall of American masculinity?
By Sarah Vowell
October 20, 1999
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An interview with "Sound Portraits'" mike-shy producer, David Isay.
By Heather Chaplin
October 12, 1999
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Listening to good music is like watching a quiz show without cue cards -- the fun is in knowing that you might not ever figure it out.
By Sarah Vowell
October 6, 1999
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Announcing ... the Your Town Here Arts & Lectures fall season, featuring Anglo-Saxon-American jazz puppet theater!
By Sarah Vowell
September 22, 1999
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Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter was the biggest star on "Late Night." So what took him so long to leave?
By Sarah Vowell
September 8, 1999
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"This American Life" has become a public radio sensation. And that's amazing because the host is basically just protein.
By Rachel Louise Snyder
July 16, 1999
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Brill's Content -- deep, serious and above the fray -- is a big snooze.
By James Poniewozik
December 15, 1998
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Quirky, intelligent and unpredictable, "This American Life" is the best thing on the air waves
By Julia Barton
July 23, 1997
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