This American Life
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Sunday 15 May 2022 : Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.
Sunday 08 May 2022 : People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
Sunday 01 May 2022 : A man finds himself thrust into a new world he didn’t necessarily ask to visit. He takes a look around.
Sunday 24 April 2022 : Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
Sunday 17 April 2022 : On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went...
Sunday 10 April 2022 : In this moment when autocrats and almost-autocrats are getting bolder and more powerful, we bring you two stories of resistance, from...
Sunday 03 April 2022 : People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems, putting themselves directly in the gap between the problem and the solution.
Sunday 27 March 2022 : It is a peculiar feeling to know with certainty that something big is about to happen to you. This week, we watch people go right up to the...
Sunday 20 March 2022 : Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.
Sunday 13 March 2022 : The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
Sunday 06 March 2022 : What goes on while mom and dad are away, that mom and dad never find out about. Including the story of two teenagers who decide to invent...
Sunday 27 February 2022 : Stories about Vladimir Putin. Did he come to power in 1999 by killing hundreds of innocent Russians? How’s he really seen in his home...
Sunday 20 February 2022 : The casino game everyone thinks they can beat.
Sunday 13 February 2022 : A woman wakes up and discovers her backyard has disappeared, and other stories from places slowly coming apart.
Sunday 06 February 2022 : A while back, one of our producers Brian Reed was in England giving a speech about the podcast he'd hosted, S-Town. A journalism student...
Sunday 30 January 2022 : Last week's story continues, about a Michigan couple who walked into a police officer's house and made a disturbing discovery. This week:...
Sunday 23 January 2022 : Rob and Reyna Mathis make an unsettling discovery in the home of a local police officer. Soon, their whole city is asking questions about...
Sunday 16 January 2022 : A doctor named Benjamin Gilmer gets a job at a rural clinic in North Carolina. He’s replaced another doctor named Gilmer – Dr. Vince...
Sunday 09 January 2022 : Think back to two summers ago, the summer of 2020, when a series of violent, highly-publicized killings of Black Americans sparked...
Sunday 02 January 2022 : People use machines to find people they lost.
Sunday 26 December 2021 : Stories about the intersection of Christmas and retail, originally broadcast in 1996 when our show was only a year old. Including David...
Sunday 19 December 2021 : We take the stately laws of physics—laws which mathematicians and scientists have spent centuries discovering and verifying—and apply...
Sunday 12 December 2021 : People earnestly doing what they're told, and absolutely not getting what they were promised.
Sunday 05 December 2021 : In 2006, a new convert showed up at a mosque in Orange County, California. Known as Farouk al-Aziz, the convert was actually an FBI...
Sunday 28 November 2021 : This bird-focused week, stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change.
This American Life
This American Life
605: Kid Logic
Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.
770: My Lying Eyes
People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
769: The Reluctant Explorer
A man finds himself thrust into a new world he didn’t necessarily ask to visit. He takes a look around.
768: The Other Front Lines
Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
360: Switched at Birth
On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went...
767: Do Not Go Gentle
In this moment when autocrats and almost-autocrats are getting bolder and more powerful, we bring you two stories of resistance, from...
766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!
People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems, putting themselves directly in the gap between the problem and the solution.
523: Death and Taxes
It is a peculiar feeling to know with certainty that something big is about to happen to you. This week, we watch people go right up to the...
765: Off Course
Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.
764: School's Out Forever
The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
175: Babysitting
What goes on while mom and dad are away, that mom and dad never find out about. Including the story of two teenagers who decide to invent...
763: The Other Mr. President
Stories about Vladimir Putin. Did he come to power in 1999 by killing hundreds of innocent Russians? How’s he really seen in his home...
466: Blackjack
The casino game everyone thinks they can beat.
762: Apocalypse Creep
A woman wakes up and discovers her backyard has disappeared, and other stories from places slowly coming apart.
761: The Trojan Horse Affair
A while back, one of our producers Brian Reed was in England giving a speech about the podcast he'd hosted, S-Town. A journalism student...
760: A City Walks Into an Investigation
Last week's story continues, about a Michigan couple who walked into a police officer's house and made a disturbing discovery. This week:...
759: A Couple Walks Into a House
Rob and Reyna Mathis make an unsettling discovery in the home of a local police officer. Soon, their whole city is asking questions about...
492: Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde
A doctor named Benjamin Gilmer gets a job at a rural clinic in North Carolina. He’s replaced another doctor named Gilmer – Dr. Vince...
758: Talking While Black
Think back to two summers ago, the summer of 2020, when a series of violent, highly-publicized killings of Black Americans sparked...
757: The Ghost in the Machine
People use machines to find people they lost.
47: Christmas and Commerce
Stories about the intersection of Christmas and retail, originally broadcast in 1996 when our show was only a year old. Including David...
214: Family Physics
We take the stately laws of physics—laws which mathematicians and scientists have spent centuries discovering and verifying—and apply...
756: But I Did Everything Right
People earnestly doing what they're told, and absolutely not getting what they were promised.
755: The Convert
In 2006, a new convert showed up at a mosque in Orange County, California. Known as Farouk al-Aziz, the convert was actually an FBI...
754: Spark Bird
This bird-focused week, stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change.
