Most weeks "This American Life" is the most popular podcast in the country, with around 2.5 million people downloading each episode. When you subscribe to the free weekly podcast, episodes automatically download to your computer or smartphone. Episodes are available for exactly one week, beginning the Monday after broadcast. Podcast content is the same as the radio broadcast, except on occasion when they include extra material on the podcast that had to be cut for time.
Click here for links to a video on what a podcast is and how to get one, to subscribe to "This American Life," and to get to their homepage.