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.
Latest episode
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289: Go Ask Your Father
Sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father. -
484: Doppelgängers
We got a tip about a meat plant selling pig intestines as fake calamari and decided to investigate. -
861: Group Chat
Conversations across a divide: Palestinians who are outside Gaza check in with family, friends, and strangers inside. -
860: Suddenly: A Mirror!
A show about people who are suddenly confronted with who they are. -
859: Chaos Graph
People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to. -
858: How to Tell a Dumb American Story
A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get attention for other Native families. -
857: Museum of Now
Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through. -
856: You’ve Come to the Right Person
Sometimes, life’s biggest mysteries require one very specific person to answer them. -
855: That’s a Weird Thing to Lie About
Unnecessary and outrageous lies that make you wonder — why lie about that in the first place? -
854: Ten Things I Don't Want To Hate About You
Zach Mack and his dad try to mend a rift between them in a very unusual way.
