PRESS

“Poignant, touching and at times laugh-out-loud funny examinations of the human condition...prepare to think deeply about yourself, to laugh and at times, cry.”

--BBC

“It's made with care and understated wit, and it has a surprising frisson of seriousness, quietly provoking thoughts about the objects in our lives, unwittingly laden with our emotions."

--The New Yorker

“Laugh-out-loud funny, surprisingly informative and often moving...a profound pleasure.”

--Time Magazine

"What starts out as a clever send-up, with its ticklishly absurdist dialogue...is also more than that, with surprising moments of poignancy."

--The New York Times

“Everything is Alive has its own realness, the enveloping authenticity of good films and theater and novels: Frankenstein’s monster has feelings, so why wouldn’t a can of cola have them too?”

--The Guardian

“The reality-construction is exquisite…Everything Is Alive is a unique, quirky, and smart little package with an unexpectedly moving edge.”

--New York Magazine

"Everything Is Alive is doing more than just making you laugh—it’s putting you under its spell."

--The A.V. Club

"If Terry Gross lived in a Murakami-like novel, her interviews would sound like these."

--Quartz

“Touching and powerful...unlike anything you’ve ever heard before.”

--CBC

“Everything is Alive will change the way you view the world...it’s as bizarre as it sounds and just as wonderful, too.”

--LA Review of Books

ACCOLADES

Winner, Miller Audio Prize 2020

The A.V. Club "The Podcasts That Defined The Decade"

Apple Best Podcasts of 2018

Time Magazine 50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now 2019

Time Magazine Top 10 Podcasts of 2018

New York Magazine Best Podcast Episodes of 2018

Indiewire Best Podcast Episodes of 2018

Indiewire Best Podcast Episodes of 2019

LA Review of Books Best Podcasts of 2018

BBC Culture's 10 Best Culture Podcasts of 2018

Quartz Favorite Podcasts of 2019

CBC's 25 Best Podcasts of 2018

Fast Company's 15 Best New Podcasts of 2018

The Globe and Mail Best Podcasts of 2018

The Economist Best Podcasts of 2019

Webby Best Interview/Talk Show Podcast 2019

Webby People's Voice Award 2019

Everything is Alive is an interview show in which all the subjects are inanimate objects. In each episode, a different thing tells us its life story--and everything it says is true. A proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

WHO WE ARE

Ian Chillag is the host and creator of Everything is Alive. Previously he was a producer for NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and he co-created and hosted the NPR podcast How To Do Everything. He’s also worked on videos for The New York Times, contributed regularly to the literary magazine A Public Space, and has recorded four episodes of a podcast about a post-apocalyptic public radio pledge drive besieged by pestilence and death that he can’t quite figure out what to do with.

Jennifer Mills produces Everything is Alive by looking all over the world for objects that are willing to speak. She is currently a writer and producer for National Public Radio, previously worked on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her Masters in Performance Art. Jennifer is also the editor-in-chief of the long-running, non-award winning, weekly publication The Jennifer Mills News.