This American Life - Awards

Awards

WBEZ-FM received a Peabody Award in 1996 and again in 2006 for TAL, for a show which "captures contemporary culture in fresh and inventive ways that mirror the diversity and eccentricities of its subjects" and "weav original monologues, mini-dramas, original fiction, traditional radio documentaries and original radio dramas into an instructional and entertaining tapestry."

George Foster Peabody Award

• 2008 WBEZ-FM Chicago and National Public Radio, News Division for The Giant Pool of Money
• 2006 WBEZ-FM Chicago
• 1996 Ira Glass, Peter Clowney, Alix Spiegel, Nancy Updike, and Dolores Wilber, WBEZ-FM Chicago, for This American Life.

Third Coast International Audio Festival

• 2001 Susan Burton Best New Artist award for act 1, Tornado Prom from episode 186, "Prom".
• 2002 Jonathan Goldstein, Alex Blumberg and Ira Glass: Best Documentary Gold Award for act 3, Yes, There is a Baby from episode 175, "Babysitting".
• 2003, Susan Burton and Hyder Akbar, Best Documentary Silver Award for episode 230, "Come Back to Afghanistan".

Livingston Award

• 2002 Alix Spiegel: National Reporting for episode 204, "81 Words".

Scripps Howard Foundation

• 2004 Nancy Updike: Jack R. Howard Award for episode 266, "I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help".

Edward R. Murrow Award

• 2005 Nancy Updike: for News Documentary for episode 266, "I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help".

Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award

• 2007 Alix Spiegel: for "Which One of These is Not Like the Others?" for episode 322, "Shouting Across the Divide".

New York Festivals Award

• 2007 Trey Kay & Lu Olkowski: "Best Human Interest Story" for act 2, "I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn" from episode 321, "Sink or Swim".

George Polk Award

• 2008 Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson: "Best Radio Reporting" for episode 355 "The Giant Pool of Money
• 2012 Ira Glass: "Best Radio Reporting" for episode 430 "Very Tough Love"