While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.

we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.

This American Life: the television show! Perhaps you've heard the news that we're producing a TV show. Maybe you heard Ira talking about it during a pledge drive or caught the piece on NPR. And maybe you've had questions. What would a TV version of the radio show look like? And is making a TV version of This American Life even a good idea? Believe us, we wondered about all that ourselves. But now we're done, and we're actually pretty excited. We produced our first season of half-hour episodes. They'll start airing on Showtime, March 22. We think we managed to make a TV show that feels like the radio show, but isn't just the radio show on TV, if that makes sense. We hope that you all like it. We'll have news, information, clips, and more behind-the-scenes shots (like the one above of Ira and Adam Beckman on the salt flats of Utah) here in the coming months. Stay tuned! And, thanks to Nancy Updike for the photo.

INFO EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW: Each podcast/downloadable episode is free for exactly one week, beginning the Monday after broadcast. After that, shows will migrate into the This American Life show archives. At that point, you can Stream the MP3 online for free (this option is always available).