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This American Life

Store iTunes
Price 2.99 USD
Compatibility iPhone, iPod touch
Publisher Public Radio Exchange (PRX)

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Description

This American Life is a hit public radio show and most weeks, the most popular podcast in the country.

This app gives you on-demand access to all episodes going back to the show's launch in 1995. In other words, you get the full archive of the series, at your fingertips. You can stream for free or (for 99 cents) download any episode, search by episode name or by a favorite contributor's name, or listen in order from the beginning.

This is a big deal, in both senses of the word. There's so much in here – hundreds of shows – you'd need 17 days and nights of listening to catch up. Every new episode is automatically added to the app. The app also connects you to all the episodes of the This American Life television show, which won three Emmys and aired on the Showtime network. (You have to pay 1.99 to download each full episodes from iTunes.)
SPECIAL FEATURES
*Never-before and rarely-before heard audio and video extras: including behind-the-scenes video with the show's producers, video outtakes from the TAL TV show, a video excerpt (of Mike Birbiglia) from TAL's live cinema event, Ira Glass interviews Terry Gross and vice versa, and some very old radio stories produced by host Ira Glass, including four Morning Edition stories by David Sedaris.

*Browse by show contributor (including Sedaris, Birbiglia, Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman, and more)

*Share episodes by email, Facebook, and Twitter

*Keep your own favorites list, and get staff favorites, too

*Station finder for listening to TAL on the radio in your area

*A blog with show news and events

*A countdown to the live weekly broadcast, which you can stream from the app.

This American Life is mostly true stories of everyday people, but it's also really hard to describe. Here's what it's not: It's not a news show or a talk show or a call-in show. Instead, it's stories that are like little movies for radio. There are funny moments and emotional moments and moments where the people in the story say interesting, surprising things about it all. It's a public radio show for people who don't necessarily like public radio. It's produced by Chicago Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International.

Your purchase of this app helps fund This American Life.

What's New

Version 2.40.5 (Apr 5, 2013)

* Restoring current episode and playback position after app close and relaunch

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Version 2.40.4 (Mar 18, 2013)

* Fix for issue with saving your most recent episode
* Fix for airplay support

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Version 2.40.2 (Feb 15, 2013)

* Bug fixes for reported crashes

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Version 2.40.1 (Sep 28, 2012)

What's New:
- Sharing via Twitter and Facebook for iOS 6
- User interface updates to look great on the new iPhone
- Using the full 4" height available on iPhone 5
- Retina graphics support for iPhone 4s & iPhone 5
- Additional bug fixes and improvements for iOS 6

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Version 2.40.0 (Sep 20, 2012)

* Updates for iOS 6 compatibility
* Minor bug fixes

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Version 2.30.6 (Aug 27, 2012)

* Bug fixes including improvements to playback of early episodes

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Version 2.30.3 (Apr 18, 2012)

* Updates to improve audio playback and reliability
* Bug fixes

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Version 2.30.2 (Jan 29, 2012)

Fixes for audio player compatibility with iOS4 that address issues with audio looping and selection of additional episodes after listening completes.

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Version 2.30.1 (Jan 20, 2012)

* Improvements to audio player and audio session management.
* Fixes for Airplay compatibility
* Minor bug fixes

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Version 2.30.0 (Nov 29, 2011)

Fix for iOS 4.x bug with audio player.

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Version 2.21 (Nov 16, 2011)

iOS 4.x users please SKIP THIS UPDATE. There is a bug for users not running iOS 5. A new update has been submitted to the store and will be available soon.

Updates to audio session management and minor bug fixes.

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Version 2.2 (Oct 20, 2011)

* Greatly improved audio player
* Act-level playback for episodes
* Updates for iOS 5

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Version 2.1.2 (Apr 15, 2011)

* fixes issue with replacing saved episode
* fixes issue with live stream playback during the live show

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING CRASHES AFTER THIS UPDATE:

* Please un-install and re-install from the app store
* This is a free upgrade even though the iTunes link says buy
* Unfortunately your marked favorites and 'heard' episodes will be lost during this process

Steps to remove the app
* Touch and hold your fingers on the selected app until it twinkles or blinks
* Seek for X sign on the top left of the app.
* Click on the X badge
* A message will pop up on the screen mentioning the name of app and warning you that you will delete all the data of selected app.
* Tap on the “Delete” button for confirmation. Once you confirm, the selected file will be
* If you are not confirmed and don’t want to delete apps, click on the Home Button to exit from the jiggy mode. Wiped out from your device.

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Version 2.1.1 (Apr 5, 2011)

Addresses crashes with version 2.1

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Version 2.1 (Mar 31, 2011)

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING CRASHES AFTER THIS UPDATE:

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Version 2.0.2 (Dec 7, 2010)

* iOS 4.2 support
* Bug fixes

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Version 2.0.1 (Aug 8, 2010)

Bug fix for "Mark as Heard" feature on 3Gs phones running iOS 4.0.1

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Version 2.0 (Jul 30, 2010)

New Features for v.2.0

Now you can: save shows for listening when you don't have a connection; easily keep track of what shows you've already heard; and use other apps while the TAL app plays in the background (depending on your device).

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Version 1.0.2 (Mar 26, 2010)

After the 1.0.1 release we were able to learn more about the root cause of the crashing. This release addresses the code areas that we believe are responsible for some users experience app crashes.

NOTE: If you continue to experience app crashes after the update, please uninstall the app from your phone/ipod and reinstall (at no charge) a fresh installation of the app. We have heard from a number of users that this has resolved their crashing issues.

Please know that we are working very hard to ensure that we resolve and eliminate all app crashes.

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Version 1.0.1 (Mar 16, 2010)

This is a bug fix release. No new features are added.

* All known app crashing issues resolved
* Live Stream not playing issue resolved
* Favorites bug fixed
* Many improvements in app startup
* Episode image caching for speed

NOTE: We have yet to resolve the playing behind a proxy issue. We know how to fix it but have yet to get it in place.

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Version 1.0 (Jan 28, 2010)

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Versions

	2.40.5	Apr 5, 2013	Current release
	2.40.4	Mar 18, 2013
	2.40.2	Feb 15, 2013
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	2.40.1	Sep 28, 2012
	2.40.0	Sep 20, 2012
	2.30.6	Aug 27, 2012
	2.30.3	Apr 18, 2012
	2.30.2	Jan 29, 2012
	2.30.1	Jan 20, 2012
	2.30.0	Nov 29, 2011
	2.21	Nov 16, 2011
	2.2	Oct 20, 2011
	2.1.2	Apr 15, 2011
	2.1.1	Apr 5, 2011
	2.1	Mar 31, 2011
	2.0.2	Dec 7, 2010
	2.0.1	Aug 8, 2010
	2.0	Jul 30, 2010
	1.0.2	Mar 26, 2010
	1.0.1	Mar 16, 2010
	1.0	Jan 28, 2010	First tracked
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