This American Life
By This American Life
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
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137: The Book That Changed Your Life
We want to believe our lives can be changed by the ideas contained in a book. -
676: Here’s Looking at You, Kid
Adults telling kids who they are, and kids wondering — are they right? -
887: Two Is One, One Is None!
One family faces the Trump administration’s ban on trans people serving in the military, and responds with a surprising secret weapon. -
318: With Great Power
People who end up with far more power than they bargained for, and everything that comes with it. -
886: Blackout
Iran has been under a total internet blackout since the war began. We found a way to get voice memos out of the country. It was dangerous — but people wanted to be heard. -
Ira (Reluctantly) Gives a Graduation Speech
Ira always hated commencement speeches. Then he felt like he had to give this one. -
885: Bless This Mess
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to make American history tidier, we try to learn from the mess. Including the untold, messy story of Paul and Essie Robeson. -
884: The Idiot
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true crime story that all takes place in their own family. -
883: Call Your Parents
In the early days of the radio show, Ira did a series of interviews with his parents that completely changed his relationship with them. This week, he returns to those interviews. -
882: Give a Little Whistle
Two lawyers who work for ICE lift the curtain on what is happening inside our immigration system.