This American Life

by 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.

638: Rom-Com May 22, 2022
Stories about surviving the mishaps of love.
605: Kid Logic May 15, 2022
Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.
770: My Lying Eyes May 8, 2022
People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.
A man is thrust into a new world he didn’t ask to visit.
Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.
360: Switched at Birth April 17, 2022
Two babies switched at birth. One of the moms knew but kept it a secret for 43 years. Then she told everybody.
767: Do Not Go Gentle April 10, 2022
Stories of resistance from Hungary and Russia.
People trying to jump in and solve other people's problems.
523: Death and Taxes March 27, 2022
We ask the people who work at a hospice facility some personal questions about death and dying.
765: Off Course March 20, 2022
People who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.
764: School's Out Forever March 13, 2022
The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
175: Babysitting March 6, 2022
A brother and sister decide to invent children to babysit, as an excuse to get out of their own house.
Stories about Vladimir Putin.
466: Blackjack Feb. 20, 2022
A woman gambles away her inheritance and then sues the casino, saying they're to blame.
762: Apocalypse Creep Feb. 13, 2022
Stories from places that are slowly coming apart.
A mysterious letter shocked Britain. But who wrote it?
Our story continues about the Michigan couple who walked into a police officer's house and made a disturbing discovery.
An unsettling discovery in the home of a local police officer rocks an entire city.
Did a beloved family doctor with no criminal history suddenly up and strangle his own father?
People tangled up in our current racial backlash in both extreme and very personal ways.