Whois & Analysis for thisamericanlife.org

This American Life (TAL) is an American weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass.

It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, and is also available as a free weekly podcast.

Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage.

The first episode aired on November 17, 1995, under the show's original title, Your Radio Playhouse.

The series was distributed by Public Radio International until June 2014, when the program became self-distributed with Public Radio Exchange delivering new episodes to public radio stations.

A podcast is an episodic series of digital media files which a user can set up so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer or portable media player.

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.

In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers.

In the United States, public broadcasters may receive some funding from both federal and state sources, but generally most financial support comes from underwriting by foundations and businesses ranging from small shops to corporations, along with audience contributions via pledge drives.

The great majority are operated as private not-for-profit corporations.

A radio program (radio programme in the United Kingdom) or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio.

It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series.

A single program in a series is called an episode.