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I saw your recent column about the dog who gets frightened during thunderstorms and the owner's question about medications.

I've become a This American Life convert. I anticipate listening to it every Monday, and am rarely disappointed.

The American Museum of Natural History has made available for download historical photographs of its permanent and temporary exhibits.

The American Museum of Natural History has made available for download historical photographs of its permanent and temporary exhibits.

The second season of This American Life, the critically acclaimed television series on Showtime, is nominated for five Emmy awards, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series.

A factory may be an unusual setting for a circus. Unless it's the Birdhouse Factory by Cirque Mechanics.

Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt and CEO Matt Blank discussed the future of a number of their programs, as well as the network's film slate, at a panel discussion at the Television Critics ...

When I posted the news items that came out of Showtime's portion of the CBS tour, the one question I got was "When will Dexter be back?" Well, network president Robert Greenblatt mentioned that the third season ...

The first episode, Escape, earned Emmy nods for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming ...

Showtime just announced that it has ordered two additional seasons of "Weeds." The final season of "The L Word" will roll out and there are tentative plans to spin off a character, possibly with an open-ended ...

This American Life is a U.S. radio show gaining worldwide popularity for its enchanting storytelling.

"Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns" premieres Wednesday with back-to-back episodes.

Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's This American Life , knows a thing or two about turning the creative process into a polished, finished product - but he also remembers turning out work he didn't ...

NPR's future morning show for post-boomers last week started incubating in a blog at www.npr.org/blogs/ bryantpark.

Ira Glass ' This American Life is the darling of Generation X. Its segments - first on NPR and now available on Showtime - have provided a valuable census of liberal America's cultural consciousness since 1996.

This isn't a new proposition, but its one that's quickly gaining relevance. HBO, a network I dare not criticize because of the literally thousands of hours of quality original programming its given me, has ...

Contemporary life in America and the world is documented and described as host Ira Glass presents a weekly collection of innovative radio stories linked by a central theme.

"No editor would let you start a story with this quote, the one I'm starting with right here, except one that understood that surprise is everything," says Ira Glass, host of the popular radio and television ...

On September 23, 2008, Paramount Home Entertainment will release This American Life – Season One on DVD.

This is the element of This American Life that Glass calls the "How does Buffy feel?" moment.