This American Life
This American Life
This American Life
This American Life
Sunday 22 November 2020 : What if someone told you about a type of therapy that could help you work through unhealed trauma in just ten sessions? Some people knock...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2000. Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, notions which probably...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2000. We document one day in a Chicago diner called the Golden Apple, starting at 5 a.m....
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2002. We devote this entire episode to one story: Over the course of six months, reporter...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2007. Writer Starlee Kine on what makes the perfect break-up song and whether really sad...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2008. On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2013. We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2015. There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is public...
Friday 20 November 2020 : For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2018. The one thing you know for sure when you're watching a romantic comedy is that it's...
Sunday 15 November 2020 : Stories of people changing their minds.
Sunday 08 November 2020 : Stories of people grappling with this endless presidential election.
Sunday 01 November 2020 : Ahead of the election, we have stories about people trying to live in the unreality that defines this moment. Election officials combat a...
Sunday 25 October 2020 : Stories of people who find themselves stuck in small spaces—an elevator, an attic, an orchestra pit—trying to make sense of their new...
Sunday 18 October 2020 : Stories about people who are worried — or not worried enough! — about what's hurtling unstoppably towards them.
Sunday 11 October 2020 : People tossing words out into the world impulsively, to ignite and burn over decades.
Sunday 04 October 2020 : A doctor who breaks the law might go to jail like anybody else. But who decides if that doctor gets to keep their medical license? On...
Sunday 27 September 2020 : In this moment when our country is so deeply divided, we have stories of people who are tied together, but imagine radically different...
Sunday 20 September 2020 : Stories about mysteries that exist in relationships we thought couldn't possibly surprise us, the strangeness of putting our wants on the...
Sunday 13 September 2020 : At a time when going to the movies is mostly out of the question, we bring the movies to you.
Sunday 06 September 2020 : For the holiday weekend, a roadtrip through history. In this moment when Americans are tearing down monuments and rethinking how to address...
Sunday 30 August 2020 : Teachers, students and parents around the country have been bracing themselves all spring and summer long for the start of this...
Sunday 23 August 2020 : When you’re the only one who can see something, sometimes it feels like you’re in on a special secret. The hard part is getting anyone...
Sunday 16 August 2020 : It’s the last few weeks of summer, so we’re going to the beach! This week, stories from the surf and sand.
Sunday 09 August 2020 : From the moment we wake up in the morning there are a trillion rules — big and little — governing our lives. But sometimes, we encounter...
Sunday 02 August 2020 : Years ago, producer Chana Joffe-Walt started reporting on one school in New York. She thought the story was about segregation and inequality...
This American Life
This American Life
682: Ten Sessions
What if someone told you about a type of therapy that could help you work through unhealed trauma in just ten sessions? Some people knock...
Americans In Paris
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2000. Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, notions which probably...
24 Hours at the Golden Apple
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2000. We document one day in a Chicago diner called the Golden Apple, starting at 5 a.m....
Act V
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2002. We devote this entire episode to one story: Over the course of six months, reporter...
Break-Up
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2007. Writer Starlee Kine on what makes the perfect break-up song and whether really sad...
Switched at Birth
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2008. On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town...
129 Cars
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2013. We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their...
Three Miles
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2015. There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is public...
Rom-Com
For our 25th Anniversary, a favorite episode from 2018. The one thing you know for sure when you're watching a romantic comedy is that it's...
724: Personal Recount
Stories of people changing their minds.
723: Squeaker
Stories of people grappling with this endless presidential election.
722: The Unreality of Now
Ahead of the election, we have stories about people trying to live in the unreality that defines this moment. Election officials combat a...
721: The Walls Close In
Stories of people who find themselves stuck in small spaces—an elevator, an attic, an orchestra pit—trying to make sense of their new...
720: The Moment After This Moment
Stories about people who are worried — or not worried enough! — about what's hurtling unstoppably towards them.
668: The Long Fuse
People tossing words out into the world impulsively, to ignite and burn over decades.
719: Trust Me I’m a Doctor
A doctor who breaks the law might go to jail like anybody else. But who decides if that doctor gets to keep their medical license? On...
718: Same Bed, Different Dreams
In this moment when our country is so deeply divided, we have stories of people who are tied together, but imagine radically different...
587: The Perils of Intimacy
Stories about mysteries that exist in relationships we thought couldn't possibly surprise us, the strangeness of putting our wants on the...
717: Audience of One
At a time when going to the movies is mostly out of the question, we bring the movies to you.
716: Trail of Tears
For the holiday weekend, a roadtrip through history. In this moment when Americans are tearing down monuments and rethinking how to address...
715: Long-Awaited Asteroid Finally Hits Earth
Teachers, students and parents around the country have been bracing themselves all spring and summer long for the start of this...
577: Something Only I Can See
When you’re the only one who can see something, sometimes it feels like you’re in on a special secret. The hard part is getting anyone...
714: Day at the Beach
It’s the last few weeks of summer, so we’re going to the beach! This week, stories from the surf and sand.
713: Made to Be Broken
From the moment we wake up in the morning there are a trillion rules — big and little — governing our lives. But sometimes, we encounter...
712: Nice White Parents
Years ago, producer Chana Joffe-Walt started reporting on one school in New York. She thought the story was about segregation and inequality...
