This American Life
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Sunday 21 February 2021 : Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.
Sunday 14 February 2021 : Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.
Sunday 07 February 2021 : Stories from the upside-down world where conspiracy theorists dwell.
Sunday 31 January 2021 : We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions! There were so many good ones we...
Sunday 24 January 2021 : Things we’ve lost in the past year — since the first American coronavirus case — that we haven’t talked about so much. Gossip. The...
Sunday 17 January 2021 : People looking everywhere to find a place—any place—where, for once, they don't have to be the odd man out.
Sunday 10 January 2021 : There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.
Sunday 03 January 2021 : In these dark, combative times, we attempt the most radical counterprogramming we could imagine: a show made up entirely of stories about...
Sunday 27 December 2020 : This holiday season, we bring you a show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their...
Sunday 20 December 2020 : What the day-to-day business of saving the world looks like. We visit with one group of people who are trying to rescue us from something...
Sunday 13 December 2020 : To commemorate our show’s 25th year, we have a program about people who were born the year our show went on the air.
Sunday 06 December 2020 : Just a few years before he got the internship at NPR that started him in radio, our host Ira Glass had another career. He performed magic at...
Sunday 29 November 2020 : For Thanksgiving weekend, stories about food, and people who set out on very particular missions with food.
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 : People grappling with an 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...
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732: Secrets
Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.
731: What Lies Beneath
Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.
670: Beware the Jabberwock
Stories from the upside-down world where conspiracy theorists dwell.
489: No Coincidence, No Story!
We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions! There were so many good ones we...
730: The Empty Chair
Things we’ve lost in the past year — since the first American coronavirus case — that we haven’t talked about so much. Gossip. The...
694: Get Back to Where You Once Belonged
People looking everywhere to find a place—any place—where, for once, they don't have to be the odd man out.
729: Making the Cut
There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.
692: The Show of Delights
In these dark, combative times, we attempt the most radical counterprogramming we could imagine: a show made up entirely of stories about...
728: Lights, Camera, Christmas!
This holiday season, we bring you a show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their...
727: Boulder v. Hill
What the day-to-day business of saving the world looks like. We visit with one group of people who are trying to rescue us from something...
726: Twenty-Five
To commemorate our show’s 25th year, we have a program about people who were born the year our show went on the air.
619: The Magic Show
Just a few years before he got the internship at NPR that started him in radio, our host Ira Glass had another career. He performed magic at...
725: Turkey in a Face Mask
For Thanksgiving weekend, stories about food, and people who set out on very particular missions with food.
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
People grappling with an 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...
