This American Life is being developed into a TV series on Showtime.  It's one thing that they are putting into a visual format, but it's another thing to be putting it on paid television!

I've seen an introductory DVD in which This American Life host, Ira Glass, explains their decision to create a television series.  He showed snippets of their pilot episode and explained how much more you can get out of a story with pictures. 

I have to disagree...

Exciting news!  This American Life will begin offering a FREE podcast:

Starting Monday, October 16, each show will be available to podcast subscribers on the Monday following its national broadcast. After seven days, the shows migrate to the program's online archives.

The free weekly podcasts can be downloaded at the iTunes Store or either of these sites, This American Life or Chicago Public Radio. 

The Show, a popular radio show in London, has an anonymous caller leaving them voicemail messages about her life.  They call her Faceless...

Faceless is the diary of an anonymous London girl.  She phones a voice mailbox and leaves messages, which are transcribed, then read by a synthetic voice to hide her identity.

Nobody knows who she is.

She has not told family, lovers or friends.  She can say anything, and never be held accountable.

I've just started listening to the podcasts and I'm hooked.  Ladies, if you like Bridget Jones' Diary you will like Faceless. 

You can subscribe to   through iTunes for free.  There are currently 14 Issues available for download.