http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/286980?rss=object The latest on This American Life TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/Images/rss/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/286980?rss=object http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/tv-listings/286980 <em>Wed Dec 2 01:00 AM</em> SHO2e Scientists stumble onto a method of erasing memories and get some astounding volunteers; pig researchers make a surprising discovery; Chicago hot-dog sellers relish some unusual business practices. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/tv-listings/286980 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0500 <em>Wed Dec 2 01:00 AM</em> SHO2e Scientists stumble onto a method of erasing memories and get some astounding volunteers; pig researchers make a surprising discovery; Chicago hot-dog sellers relish some unusual business practices. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/tv-listings/286980 <em>Tue Dec 1 09:30 PM</em> SHO2e A study of how stubbornness impacts the lives of four different people, among them a young teen who vows to never fall in love, and a politician who promises to run a campaign without lying. Also, a husband won't acknowledge important occasions involving his wife, and a man won't allow an emergency to interfere with a job at hand. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/tv-listings/286980 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:30:00 -0500 <em>Tue Dec 1 09:30 PM</em> SHO2e A study of how stubbornness impacts the lives of four different people, among them a young teen who vows to never fall in love, and a politician who promises to run a campaign without lying. Also, a husband won't acknowledge important occasions involving his wife, and a man won't allow an emergency to interfere with a job at hand. http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+6/2959327?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+6/2959327?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ho5+R1F-L._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 6" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>In the second season finale, we learn the true life stories of several people named John Smith: the parents of 11-week-old John Smith of South Carolina reel from revelation that he's a boy, when their sonogram predicted a girl; 23-year-old John Smith of Laramie, Wyoming, has made some mistakes and is appearing in front of a judge; and 46-year-old John Smith of Texas welcomes his son back from Iraq.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+6/2959327?rss=object Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+6/2959327?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ho5+R1F-L._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 6" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>In the second season finale, we learn the true life stories of several people named John Smith: the parents of 11-week-old John Smith of South Carolina reel from revelation that he's a boy, when their sonogram predicted a girl; 23-year-old John Smith of Laramie, Wyoming, has made some mistakes and is appearing in front of a judge; and 46-year-old John Smith of Texas welcomes his son back from Iraq.</p> Episode 6 http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+1/2959326?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+1/2959326?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JIGtN0KDL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>In the second season debut, people escape from home without going very far. In Philadelphia, teenage boys find ways to impress girls using a mode of transport obsolete since the 19th century; a young man's fight for independence from his mother would be normal for most kids, except for some special circumstances.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+1/2959326?rss=object Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+1/2959326?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JIGtN0KDL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>In the second season debut, people escape from home without going very far. In Philadelphia, teenage boys find ways to impress girls using a mode of transport obsolete since the 19th century; a young man's fight for independence from his mother would be normal for most kids, except for some special circumstances.</p> Episode 1 http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+5/2959324?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+5/2959324?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lm8lm8BxL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 5" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Cartoonist Chris Ware animates a true story which demonstrates that every marriage, even the happiest, is a courtroom battle; a husband's obsession with a legal battle forces the most basic marital questions into the open: What do I need? And, what can I put up with?</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+5/2959324?rss=object Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+5/2959324?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lm8lm8BxL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 5" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Cartoonist Chris Ware animates a true story which demonstrates that every marriage, even the happiest, is a courtroom battle; a husband's obsession with a legal battle forces the most basic marital questions into the open: What do I need? And, what can I put up with?</p> Episode 5 http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+3/2959395?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+3/2959395?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LtArOeGfL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 3" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Stories of people making (or trying to remake) history. A pair of Wisconsin convicts gain local fame for almost escaping prison using dental floss; high school students pose for smiley yearbook snapshots, which capture nothing of the drama in their lives; a man with a 30-year obsession with one particular bird unveils the grainy, Big Foot-style video evidence that he actually saw it.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+3/2959395?rss=object Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+3/2959395?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LtArOeGfL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 3" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Stories of people making (or trying to remake) history. A pair of Wisconsin convicts gain local fame for almost escaping prison using dental floss; high school students pose for smiley yearbook snapshots, which capture nothing of the drama in their lives; a man with a 30-year obsession with one particular bird unveils the grainy, Big Foot-style video evidence that he actually saw it.</p> Episode 3 http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+4/2959394?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+4/2959394?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41w8+5oQf6L._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 4" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>There's a whole world of boxing way down the food chain from championship fights, and the stakes are high even without media hype and massive cash prizes. Two boxers in Tennessee who've known each other all their lives face off in a match that neither can afford to lose; a group of kids in New York learns to fight bullies the old-fashioned way: by being funny.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+4/2959394?rss=object Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+4/2959394?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41w8+5oQf6L._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 4" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>There's a whole world of boxing way down the food chain from championship fights, and the stakes are high even without media hype and massive cash prizes. Two boxers in Tennessee who've known each other all their lives face off in a match that neither can afford to lose; a group of kids in New York learns to fight bullies the old-fashioned way: by being funny.</p> Episode 4 http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+2/2959393?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+2/2959393?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xQ-LPWeaL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 2" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Two foreigners in the U.S., in the aftermath of two very different wars, try to make sense of life here. A young Iraqi arrives in America after fleeing his war-torn homeland and embarks on a road trip to let Americans ask him anything they want, with hilarious and poignant results; a Bulgarian man in Rhode Island realizes that an ongoing argument with his American wife about lawn maintenance has to do with the life he left 20 years ago, on the other side of the Iron Curtain.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+2/2959393?rss=object Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Episode+2/2959393?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xQ-LPWeaL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Episode 2" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Two foreigners in the U.S., in the aftermath of two very different wars, try to make sense of life here. A young Iraqi arrives in America after fleeing his war-torn homeland and embarks on a road trip to let Americans ask him anything they want, with hilarious and poignant results; a Bulgarian man in Rhode Island realizes that an ongoing argument with his American wife about lawn maintenance has to do with the life he left 20 years ago, on the other side of the Iron Curtain.</p> Episode 2 http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Save+Some+Money/1036766?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Save+Some+Money/1036766?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1586347543_7f451f2513983e81b0fb26b6eb338eb29693fe67.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Save Some Money" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A father gives some financial advice to his son.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Save+Some+Money/1036766?rss=object Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Save+Some+Money/1036766?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1586347543_7f451f2513983e81b0fb26b6eb338eb29693fe67.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Save Some Money" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A father gives some financial advice to his son.</p> Save Some Money http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Nobody+Told+Me/996143?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Nobody+Told+Me/996143?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1562656748_057ea57a152dc535ede7e95f806449049e699102.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Nobody Told Me" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A struggling boxer tries to get his career on track.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Nobody+Told+Me/996143?rss=object Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Nobody+Told+Me/996143?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1562656748_057ea57a152dc535ede7e95f806449049e699102.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Nobody Told Me" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A struggling boxer tries to get his career on track.</p> Nobody Told Me http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Two+Two+Five/966274?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Two+Two+Five/966274?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1551048477_a5cc27baeb7718cee3ee3c17172bfff4bb984855.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Two Two Five" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Yearbook pictures don't even begin to tell the stories of the students in them.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Two+Two+Five/966274?rss=object Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Two+Two+Five/966274?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1551048477_a5cc27baeb7718cee3ee3c17172bfff4bb984855.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Two Two Five" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Yearbook pictures don't even begin to tell the stories of the students in them.</p> Two Two Five http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Never+Gotten+a+Break/953629?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Never+Gotten+a+Break/953629?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1541037288_e0944ce890d2622b65768d1873748d7ae3c72fc7.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Never Gotten a Break" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A man's muscular disease has caused strain in his relationship with his mom.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Never+Gotten+a+Break/953629?rss=object Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Never+Gotten+a+Break/953629?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1541037288_e0944ce890d2622b65768d1873748d7ae3c72fc7.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Never Gotten a Break" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A man's muscular disease has caused strain in his relationship with his mom.</p> Never Gotten a Break http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/What+is+Freedom/953628?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/What+is+Freedom/953628?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1541037291_3e7fd65854ab07544d7d47048edd1b616f95c6fd.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="What is Freedom?" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Two men have opposing thoughts on what it means to be free.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/What+is+Freedom/953628?rss=object Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/What+is+Freedom/953628?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1541037291_3e7fd65854ab07544d7d47048edd1b616f95c6fd.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="What is Freedom?" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Two men have opposing thoughts on what it means to be free.</p> What is Freedom? http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Judgement+to+the+Wife/943724?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Judgement+to+the+Wife/943724?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1534639795_934e5c81f7671b6f06c8811004e4c21f661ae042.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Judgement to the Wife" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A man and his wife have two distinctly different memories of the same event.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Judgement+to+the+Wife/943724?rss=object Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Judgement+to+the+Wife/943724?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1534639795_934e5c81f7671b6f06c8811004e4c21f661ae042.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Judgement to the Wife" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A man and his wife have two distinctly different memories of the same event.</p> Judgement to the Wife http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/No+Memory/840405?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/No+Memory/840405?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1350205650_d37e736e9e7972646db1831d9b85c08e8665ce30.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="No Memory" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/No+Memory/840405?rss=object Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/No+Memory/840405?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1350205650_d37e736e9e7972646db1831d9b85c08e8665ce30.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="No Memory" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>.</p> No Memory http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Starting+Life+Over/840407?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Starting+Life+Over/840407?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1350205653_d2b549077df700f86b3415e7bf6ec8f3975bdae8.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Starting Life Over" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>.</p> Showtime http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Starting+Life+Over/840407?rss=object Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Starting+Life+Over/840407?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://a1959.g.akamai.net/shocomstor.download.akamai.com/8606/bcmedia/63128/63128_1350205653_d2b549077df700f86b3415e7bf6ec8f3975bdae8.jpg?pubId=63128" width="60" height="45" alt="Starting Life Over" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>.</p> Starting Life Over http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Not+Natural/840406?rss=object <p><a 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src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="My Way" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Four stories explore the costs of stubbornness: a man refuses to acknowledge some important events in his wife?s life; a 14-year-old boy decides he will never, ever fall in love; a politician attempts to win an election without telling a single lie; a man who continues doing a job during an emergency when most people would probably stop.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/My+Way/660683?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/My+Way/660683?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="My Way" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Four stories explore the costs of stubbornness: a man refuses to acknowledge some important events in his wife?s life; a 14-year-old boy decides he will never, ever fall in love; a politician attempts to win an election without telling a single lie; a man who continues doing a job during an emergency when most people would probably stop.</p> My Way http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Growth+Spurt/663314?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Growth+Spurt/663314?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Growth Spurt" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>What do you do if you're unhappy with where you are in life? Some people simply will themselves to the next stage. A widow, an ambitious first-time screenplay writer, and a 13-year-old girl all charge forward into their futures with mixed results.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Growth+Spurt/663314?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Growth+Spurt/663314?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Growth Spurt" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>What do you do if you're unhappy with where you are in life? Some people simply will themselves to the next stage. A widow, an ambitious first-time screenplay writer, and a 13-year-old girl all charge forward into their futures with mixed results.</p> Growth Spurt http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Pandoras+Box/660885?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Pandoras+Box/660885?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Pandora's Box" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Three stories of the unexpected consequences of trying new things: scientists accidentally discover a way to erase memories and later get surprising requests from people who want their own minds wiped clean; pig researchers accidentally create more problems with every improvement they make; two owners of a Chicago hot dog stand try some novel business practices that unwittingly unleash raw human emotion that would probably be better penned up.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Pandoras+Box/660885?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Pandoras+Box/660885?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Pandora's Box" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Three stories of the unexpected consequences of trying new things: scientists accidentally discover a way to erase memories and later get surprising requests from people who want their own minds wiped clean; pig researchers accidentally create more problems with every improvement they make; two owners of a Chicago hot dog stand try some novel business practices that unwittingly unleash raw human emotion that would probably be better penned up.</p> Pandora's Box http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Reality+Check/663296?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Reality+Check/663296?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Reality Check" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes: an elementary school student tries to solve a common childhood problem; a rancher resuscitates a beloved pet, which later turns on him; people team to give an unknown rock band the greatest night of its life.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Reality+Check/663296?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Reality+Check/663296?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Reality Check" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes: an elementary school student tries to solve a common childhood problem; a rancher resuscitates a beloved pet, which later turns on him; people team to give an unknown rock band the greatest night of its life.</p> Reality Check http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Gods+Close+Up/649056?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Gods+Close+Up/649056?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="God's Close Up" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Stories where the faithful and the not-so-faithful cross paths, and where unexpected things happen when people try to get closer to God through pictures: hundreds of Polaroid camera-toting believers gather in the Mojave Desert each month hoping to see God. And an artist, his Jesus model, the model's atheist girlfriend, and her religious father face off on The Last Supper.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Gods+Close+Up/649056?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/Gods+Close+Up/649056?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="God's Close Up" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Stories where the faithful and the not-so-faithful cross paths, and where unexpected things happen when people try to get closer to God through pictures: hundreds of Polaroid camera-toting believers gather in the Mojave Desert each month hoping to see God. And an artist, his Jesus model, the model's atheist girlfriend, and her religious father face off on The Last Supper.</p> God's Close Up http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/The+Cameraman/649085?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/The+Cameraman/649085?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="The Cameraman" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>An animated short from cartoonist Chris Ware about the perils of watching life explode from behind the safe distance of a camera lens, and a young filmmaker initially sets out to expose his alcoholic step-father, but ends up capturing an endearing, cathartic portrait of a flawed family.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/The+Cameraman/649085?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/This+American+Life/The+Cameraman/649085?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xfb6LkCpL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="The Cameraman" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>An animated short from cartoonist Chris Ware about the perils of watching life explode from behind the safe distance of a camera lens, and a young filmmaker initially sets out to expose his alcoholic step-father, but ends up capturing an endearing, cathartic portrait of a flawed family.</p> The Cameraman http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/6?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/6?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life02.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/6?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/6?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life02.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/1?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/1?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life07.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/1?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/1?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life07.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life03.jpg" width="450" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life03.jpg" width="450" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/5?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/5?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life01.jpg" width="263" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/5?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/5?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life01.jpg" width="263" height="330" alt="This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Ira Glass</p> This American Life - Host, Ira Glass | Photo Credits: courtesy Douglas Barnes/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/2?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/2?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life05.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - &quot;God's Close-Up&quot; - Mary in the Desert | Photo Credits: courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life</p> courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/2?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/2?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life05.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - &quot;God's Close-Up&quot; - Mary in the Desert | Photo Credits: courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life</p> This American Life - "God's Close-Up" - Mary in the Desert | Photo Credits: courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/3?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/3?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life04.jpg" width="425" height="330" alt="This American Life - Sasha Rothchild | Photo Credits: courtesy Henry McGee/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Sasha Rothchild</p> courtesy Henry McGee/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/3?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/3?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life04.jpg" width="425" height="330" alt="This American Life - Sasha Rothchild | Photo Credits: courtesy Henry McGee/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life, Sasha Rothchild</p> This American Life - Sasha Rothchild | Photo Credits: courtesy Henry McGee/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/4?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/4?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life06.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - &quot;God's Close-Up&quot; - Mary in the Desert | Photo Credits: courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life</p> courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/4?rss=object <p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-life/photos/286980/4?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Ta_Th/This_American_Life/season1/this-american-life06.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="This American Life - &quot;God's Close-Up&quot; - Mary in the Desert | Photo Credits: courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>This American Life</p> This American Life - "God's Close-Up" - Mary in the Desert | Photo Credits: courtesy Jamie Trueblood/Showtime