This American Life

This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.

10 Episodes

605: Kid Logic
5/15/2022
1:00:07
Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.
770: My Lying Eyes
5/8/2022
1:06:30
People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
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769: The Reluctant Explorer
5/1/2022
58:53
A man finds himself thrust into a new world he didn’t necessarily ask to visit. He takes a look around.
768: The Other Front Lines
4/24/2022
1:03:54
Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
767: Do Not Go Gentle
4/10/2022
59:47
In this moment when autocrats and almost-autocrats are getting bolder and more powerful, we bring you two stories of resistance, from Hungary and Russia.
766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!
4/3/2022
1:00:01
People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems, putting themselves directly in the gap between the problem and the solution.
765: Off Course
3/20/2022
1:06:19
Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.
764: School's Out Forever
3/13/2022
1:08:35
The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
763: The Other Mr. President
2/27/2022
1:11:58
Stories about Vladimir Putin. Did he come to power in 1999 by killing hundreds of innocent Russians? How’s he really seen in his home country? This show is a mix of old and new stories we’ve done about him.
762: Apocalypse Creep
2/13/2022
1:02:00
A woman wakes up and discovers her backyard has disappeared, and other stories from places slowly coming apart.

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This American Life

This American Life

10 Episodes

605: Kid Logic

770: My Lying Eyes

769: The Reluctant Explorer

768: The Other Front Lines

767: Do Not Go Gentle

766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!

765: Off Course

764: School's Out Forever

763: The Other Mr. President

762: Apocalypse Creep