Podcasts by Before It Had a Theme
A podcast about This American Life, hosted by Rob McGinley Myers and Britta Greene, featuring lovingly irreverent deconstructions of the show’s best episodes, as well as occasional interviews with contributors and listeners, all in our attempt to pin down what makes the show great.
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S1 E5: The Job That Takes Over Your Life (One Long Poetic HIPAA Violation) from 2019-01-24T02:54:06
Rob and Britta discuss This American Life Episode 37 - The Job that Takes Over Your Life, as well as Britta’s former job fixing scandals for big companies, and Rob’s former job working for Garri...
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S1 E4: The Cruelty of Children (Tarantula in a Bowl) from 2019-01-10T08:00
Rob and Britta discuss whether this episode is TAL’s first real masterpiece, the role of David Sedaris in the show’s early years, why “The Man in the Well” is the rare example of great audio fic...
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S1 E3: Accidental Documentaries (Non-humanoid Member of the Family) from 2018-12-05T15:49:16
Rob and Britta discuss This American Life Episode 14: Accidental Documentaries, including their own experience creating accidental documentaries. The main focus of the discussion is the centerpi...
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S1 E2: Double Lives (The Birth of This American Life) from 2018-11-21T17:58:13
A discussion of This American Life Episode 10: Double Lives. Topics include Rob and Britta's own experiences leading double lives, Rob's childhood habit of breaking into schools at night, why th...
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S1 E1: New Beginnings (F*** You, Django Reinhardt!) from 2018-11-08T11:54:01
Rob and Britta discuss the very first episode of This American Life, as well as why the show is worth discussing, how they and others became fans of the show, and why they love Ira Glass’s mothe...
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S1 E0: American Whatever from 2018-10-10T16:09:48
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