This American Life
This American Life
This American Life
This American Life
Sunday 09 May 2021 : People starting over—sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.
Sunday 02 May 2021 : People who try simple mind games on others and find themselves in way over their heads.
Sunday 25 April 2021 : What happens when your own community suddenly turns on you?
Sunday 18 April 2021 : Other universes that are just like our own, but with one small difference.
Sunday 11 April 2021 : Stories about the power of blood.
Sunday 04 April 2021 : People put in positions they’re completely unqualified to handle, but who try to make it work anyway. Including one story of a tough group...
Sunday 28 March 2021 : Adults telling kids who they are, and kids wondering — are they right?
Sunday 21 March 2021 : How the pandemic has thrown college admissions process into a kind of slow-motion chaos. One of the biggest changes: most colleges have...
Sunday 14 March 2021 : People squirming in a world where everything is rated and reviewed.
Sunday 07 March 2021 : This week, three men who came together to protest the murder of George Floyd. They were unified, loud, and impressive, but over time these...
Sunday 28 February 2021 : A boy who can’t dribble gets a coach, a new best friend, and something to believe in.
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...
This American Life
This American Life
233: Starting From Scratch
People starting over—sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to.
588: Mind Games
People who try simple mind games on others and find themselves in way over their heads.
736: The Herd
What happens when your own community suddenly turns on you?
691: Gardens of Branching Paths
Other universes that are just like our own, but with one small difference.
735: Bloody Feelings
Stories about the power of blood.
549: Amateur Hour
People put in positions they’re completely unqualified to handle, but who try to make it work anyway. Including one story of a tough group...
676: Here’s Looking at You, Kid
Adults telling kids who they are, and kids wondering — are they right?
734: The Campus Tour Has Been Cancelled
How the pandemic has thrown college admissions process into a kind of slow-motion chaos. One of the biggest changes: most colleges have...
695: Everyone's a Critic
People squirming in a world where everything is rated and reviewed.
733: Warriors in the Garden
This week, three men who came together to protest the murder of George Floyd. They were unified, loud, and impressive, but over time these...
635: Chip in My Brain
A boy who can’t dribble gets a coach, a new best friend, and something to believe in.
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...
