This American Life: Season One

Introducing Endless Mode: A New Games & Anime Site from Paste
For more than a decade, WBEZ's This American
Life has
been a welcome guest in its listeners' lives. Every week, host Ira Glass shares
a series of stories grouped around a common theme, but the show is defined as
much by his literal and authorial voice—wry, empathetic, often bemused,
and radiating boundless curiosity about humanity and its infinite quirks—as
its format. The public-radio institution's long-threatened television
adaptation engendered excitement and concern from fans. Would the show's tricky
tone translate to television? Would it make the trip to the glass teat with its
warmth and intimacy intact? How could slick visuals possibly compete with the
mental pictures radio listeners concocted to accompany each evocative story?