Ira Glass
Director
This American Life (2007)
Season 2
The Peabody Award-winning public radio series that combines journalism with opinion, fiction and biography becomes this highly anticipated TV series hosted by Ira Glass.
Released March 22, 2007
Episode 29 min
14+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.based-on-radio-show, tmdb.magazine-show, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, mdblist.certified-fresh
Watch Providers: fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel Paramount Plus Premium
Production Companies: Left/Right, Killer Films
Network: Showtime
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Escape
Two teenage boys in Philadelphia look for ways to impress girls; and a young man fights for his independence from his mother.
May 4, 2008, midnight
S2E2 - Two Wars
An Iraqi comes to America after leaving his war-torn country and sets out on a trip across America and lets the U.S. citizens ask questions about any subject; a Bulgarian man decides that an argument with his wife, about lawn upkeep, goes back more than 20 years.
May 11, 2008, midnight
S2E3 - Going Down in History
Stories of people trying to make — and remake — history, while others go down in history in ways they never intended. Two 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 dramas in their lives. And a man with a 30-year obsession with one particular bird unveils the grainy, Big Foot-style video evidence that he saw it.
May 18, 2008, midnight
S2E4 - Underdogs
A group of teenage boys, in New York City, learn how to fight back against bullies in an old fashioned way; two boxers from Tennessee who have known each other, since they were kids, must face each other in a fight that they can't lose.
May 25, 2008, midnight
S2E5 - Every Marriage Is a Courtroom
Cartoonist Chris Ware animates a true story that demonstrates that every marriage—even the happiest—is a courtroom. But most of the episode is devoted to the slow-motion disintegration of one couple's marriage. The 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?
June 1, 2008, midnight
S2E6 - John Smith
The story of one life, told through the lives of people from all over the country, all named John Smith. Baby John Smith is 11 weeks old, in South Carolina, and his parents are still reeling from the sonograms that all predicted he would be a girl. By the time he's 23, John Smith in Laramie, Wyoming, has made some mistakes and is appearing in front of a judge. At 46, he's in Texas, welcoming his oldest son back from Iraq. In-depth portraits of people growing up, growing old, and figuring out how to be fathers, husbands, and men in America today.
June 8, 2008, midnight
S2E7 - No Respect
This episode examines comedians and their audiences. It includes segments about performing for a rowdy crowd, and a piece about Mike Birbiglia's worst gig ever.
May 28, 2009, midnight
Network: Showtime
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 377 min.
Released: March 22, 2007
Last Air Date: May 28, 2009, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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