Description
Autogenerated feed of the This American Life archive.
Episodes
- 2024 / 10 / 10844: This Is the Case of Henry DeeThirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison.
- 2024 / 9 / 27842: A Year Later (Promo)Chen Almog-Goldstein tells the story of life as a hostage in Gaza.
- 2024 / 9 / 5840: How Are You Not Seeing This? (Promo)People trying and struggling to see what another person sees.
- 2024 / 8 / 22839: Meet Me at the FairWe spend a few days at the Iowa State Fair.
- 2024 / 8 / 8838: Letters! Actual Letters! (Promo)When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down.
- 2024 / 7 / 24837: Swim Towards the SharkIn a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?
- 2024 / 7 / 24837: Swim Towards the Shark (Promo)In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?
- 2024 / 7 / 12836: The Big Rethink (Promo)People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives.
- 2024 / 6 / 7834: Yousef In Rafah (Promo)Forced to make a choice he does not want to make.
- 2024 / 6 / 7834: Yousef and the Fourth MoveYousef is forced into a move he is not sure he can make.
- 2024 / 6 / 3833: Come Retribution (Promo)Donald Trump has a plan for his second term: retribution. We check in with the people who’ve crossed him to hear how they feel about that.
- 2024 / 5 / 24832: That Other Guy (Promo)People tethered to one particular other person, whether they want to be or not.
- 2024 / 5 / 17831: Lists!!! (Promo)How they organize the chaos of the world, for good and for bad.
- 2024 / 5 / 8830: The Forever Trial (Promo)The trial for the men accused of orchestrating the September 11 terrorist attacks still hasn’t started yet.
- 2024 / 2 / 26825: Yousef’s WeekA series of phone calls to a man in Gaza about what he and his family are experiencing.
- 2024 / 2 / 26825: Yousef (Promo)A series of phone calls to a man in Gaza about what he and his family are experiencing.
- 2023 / 6 / 23804: The RetrievalsPatients at a fertility clinic experience excruciating, unexpected pain. For months the reason for that pain remains hidden. Then they get a letter from the clinic.
- 2023 / 6 / 16802: Father's DayIra's own father, Barry Glass, co-hosts this special Father's Day show.
- 2023 / 6 / 3801: Rats! (Promo)Can’t live with them—or can you?
- 2023 / 6 / 3801: Must Be Rats on the BrainThe one animal we can’t seem to live without, even when we really, really want to.
- 2023 / 5 / 19800: Jane DoeFive years after the #MeToo explosion, what’s happened in the lives of the women who went public with their stories?
- 2023 / 3 / 19794: So Close and Yet So Far (Promo)People ​so close to each other, ​in ​extremely intimate situations​,​ who are also a million miles apart.
- 2022 / 7 / 21776: I Work Better on DeadlineStories of people racing against time to solve a problem. Will they make it?
- 2022 / 6 / 24775: The Possum ExperimentAn investigation into a very basic question about people: Are most of us bad or good?
- 2022 / 6 / 3773: The Longest Distance Between Two PointsGetting from A to B via Z.
- 2022 / 5 / 26771: The Parents Step InThe government isn’t doing much to prevent school shootings. So parents are jumping in — and getting results.
- 2022 / 5 / 11772: The Kids' TableKids navigating hairy situations all on their own, with no help from grown-ups.
- 2022 / 4 / 27770: My Lying EyesPeople staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
- 2022 / 4 / 19769: The Reluctant ExplorerA man is thrust into a new world he didn’t ask to visit.
- 2022 / 4 / 14768: The Other Front LinesFour personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
- 2022 / 3 / 31767: Do Not Go GentleStories of resistance from Hungary and Russia.
- 2022 / 3 / 25766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems.
- 2022 / 3 / 3764: School's Out ForeverThe pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
- 2022 / 2 / 25763: The Other Mr. PresidentStories about Vladimir Putin.
- 2022 / 2 / 4762: Apocalypse CreepStories from places that are slowly coming apart.
- 2022 / 1 / 27761: The Trojan Horse AffairA mysterious letter shocked Britain. But who wrote it?
- 2022 / 1 / 21760: A City Walks Into an InvestigationOur story continues about the Michigan couple who walked into a police officer's house and made a disturbing discovery.
- 2022 / 1 / 13759: A Couple Walks Into a HouseAn unsettling discovery in the home of a local police officer rocks an entire city.
- 2021 / 12 / 10758: Talking While BlackPeople tangled up in our current racial backlash in both extreme and very personal ways.
- 2021 / 12 / 3756: But I Did Everything RightPeople earnestly doing what they're told, and absolutely not getting what they were promised.
- 2021 / 12 / 2755: The ConvertThe story of an FBI undercover operation from 2006 that went terribly, and became the heart of a case heard at the Supreme Court.
- 2021 / 11 / 18754: Spark Bird (Promo)Birds—the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreck, the lives they change.
- 2021 / 11 / 18754: Spark BirdBirds—the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreck, the lives they change.
- 2021 / 10 / 29753: What We’ve Got Here is Failure to CommunicateGetting the point across — or trying to, anyway.
- 2021 / 10 / 20752: An Invitation to TeaA man who was kept for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay gets out and issues an invitation to the people who kept him there.
- 2021 / 10 / 16751: Audience of OneWe bring the movies to you.
- 2021 / 10 / 7750: The FerrymanGetting from Point A to Point B—with expert assistance.
- 2021 / 9 / 15749: My BadAn hour devoted to embarrassing stories.
- 2021 / 9 / 10747: Suitable for ChildrenWho thought that would be good for a kid?
- 2021 / 9 / 8748: The End of the World as We Know ItWhat happens when one family goes all in on fighting climate change.