This American Life

Summary

This American Life is a radio program^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of radio_program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (942 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• This American Life's instance of is recorded as radio program^[3].
• This American Life's composer is recorded as Stephen Ulrich^[4].
• This American Life was produced by Dana Chivvis^[5].
• This American Life's presenter is recorded as Ira Glass^[6].
• This American Life's language of work or name is recorded as English^[7].
• This American Life's original broadcaster is recorded as WBEZ^[8].
• This American Life's said to be the same as is recorded as This American Life^[9].
• This American Life's country of origin is recorded as United States^[10].
• This American Life began on November 17, 1995^[11].
• This American Life's distributed by is recorded as Google Play^[12].
• This American Life's distributed by is recorded as Q368215^[13].
• This American Life's official website is recorded as http://www.thisamericanlife.org^[14].
• This American Life's topic's main category is recorded as Category:This American Life^[15].
• This American Life's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/podcasts/this-american-life-christmas-ira-glass.html^[16].
• This American Life's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+805'}^[17].
• This American Life's topic has template is recorded as Template:This American Life^[18].
• This American Life's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'This American Life'}^[19].
• This American Life's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+458577'}^[20].
• This American Life's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+454174'}^[21].
• This American Life's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+455747'}^[22].
• This American Life's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+437553'}^[23].
• This American Life's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+19677'}^[24].
• This American Life's official podcast is recorded as This American Life^[25].

Product Details

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• Type: Other^[26]

• Country: US^[27]

• Began / founded: 1995-11-17^[28]

• Community tags: fixme, fuzzy artist^[29]

• MusicBrainz ID: f53fa22b-b3f5-4104-81d7-8f0648688c7e^[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

This American Life was produced by Dana Chivvis^[5].

Publication

This American Life's language of work or name is recorded as English^[7].

Why It Matters

This American Life ranks in the top 1% of radio_program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (942 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]