This American Life

Public Radio Exchange · org.prx.talbot

5.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 100K+ downloads v3.2.7.0 19 MB Android 5.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v3.2.7.0 (327000)
Updated: Feb 23, 2021 (5 years ago)
APK size: 19 MB
Requires: Android 5.0+ (API 21)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Entertainment (app)
Permissions: 8 (1 sensitive)
Website: thisamericanlife.org
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

This American Life is an app by Public Radio Exchange in the Entertainment category. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 8 permissions, 1 of them sensitive: modify shared storage.

What's new in v3.2.7.0

Bug fixes.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Official app for the public radio program This American Life. The This American Life app gives you access to the show's entire archive. You can download an unlimited number of episodes for offline listening. You can also bookmark episodes to listen to later, and track your progress through our archive by marking stories as heard. Browse and download episodes hand-picked by Ira and our staff. Use our new search and filter functions to find your favorite stories by topic, contributor, and year. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. This app was developed by Black Pixel.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Public Radio Exchange” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature under review Mar 7, 2025
Antivirus scan passed Mar 2, 2021
Signed byCN=Matt MacDonald, O=Public Radio Exchange, L=Cambridge, ST=MA
Signing certificate (SHA-1)EB:B2:85:51:4F:1A:3C:5D:8E:71:D8:18:E3:38:0D:AE:21:15:38:0F
File MD5dbe499957b706184a3f0930716c7fe85
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (8)

This American Life requests 8 permissions, 1 of them sensitive.

Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch