aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, March 24, 2007

THIS AMERICAN LIFE on Showtime. And the web.

The preview is amazing:

Ira doesn’t appear in the trailer. What’s he look like? Click here. We’re going to watch the first episode now, via the web.

LATER: End of Act I, our reaction, THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED BEYOND MY WILDEST WISHES. The show is visually stunning; beautifully shot; artfully constructed. It didn’t hurt that the first act brings together a number of my interests: cloning, animals, love.

End of Act II: Same as above. Only better. Doug loves the desk. Here Ira talks about the genesis of the desk idea; and the making of the first episode. Here a Slate review of the TV show.

This American Life has a new website. And a new free podcast (I’m not exactly sure how they’re doing it, “We offer each of our radio episodes as a free mp3 for exactly one week, beginning the Monday after broadcast.") The first is titled, ”What I Learned from TV.”