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This American Life® Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 12pm
This American Life airs on Chicago Public Radio Fridays at 7pm and Saturday at 12pm.

One of the most critically-acclaimed programs in all of radio, Chicago Public Radio’s Ira Glass presents documentaries, essays and narrative exploring everyday life. Each week, we choose a theme, on which writers and performers share stories in a variety of styles.
What's on This American Life
Switched At Birth

On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went home with the wrong families. One of the mothers realized the mistake but chose to keep quiet. Until the day, more than 40 years later, when she decided to tell both daughters what happened. How the truth changed two families' lives—and how it didn't.
Meet the host
Ira Glass

Host and Executive Producer, This American Life

Ira Glass started working in public radio in 1978 when he was 19, as an intern at National Public Radio's Washington Headquarters. Over the course of the next 17 years, he worked on nearly every NPR news show, and did nearly every production job they had: he was a tape cutter, desk assistant, newscast writer, editor, producer, reporter and substitute host.

He moved to Chicago in 1989. From there, he did several documentary series about public schools and about race relations for NPR. One followed a group of sophomores at Lincoln Park High School over a span of three years. Another documented school reform at Taft High School for a year. Yet another tracked life at Washington Irving Elementary School for a year. 

This American Life went on the air in November of 1995.
Visit thisamericanlife.org for more!
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