If, like me, you don’t have Showtime

If, like me, you don’t have Showtime and therefore missed the first episode of This American Life last night, you can watch the entire episode on Showtime’s site.

Update: TAL has a new web site as well.

Update: The Showtime site doesn’t seem to be available to those outside of the US. (thx, jennifer)

• Showtime
• This American Life
• TV

Greg Allen rips into the Smithsonian for

Greg Allen rips into the Smithsonian for selling their archive (actually *our* archive) to Showtime for $6 million. “So not only did Smithsonian executives sell out America’s patrimony to a single, giant media corporation, they sold it for practically nothing.” Wank. Ers.

• Greg Allen
• Showtime
• smithsonian

Ira Glass and This American Life have

Ira Glass and This American Life have moved to NYC…and they’re making a TV version of the show for Showtime.

• iraglass
• NYC
• radio
• Showtime
• This American Life
• TV

New vocabulary word: ba-donka-donk, an “expression for

New vocabulary word: ba-donka-donk, an “expression for an extremely curvaceous female behind”. Picked up from the Weeds marathon I watched while sick.

• language
• Showtime
• TV
• weeds

A review of Weeds, Showtime’s new show

A review of Weeds, Showtime’s new show about a mom selling pot in the suburbs. I’ve been watching it; it’s good but I’m not absolutely loving it yet.

• Showtime
• TV
• weeds