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This American Life podcast

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.

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

654: The Feather Heist

A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds. ... Read more

19 Mar 2023

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:11

19 Mar 2023


#9

793: The Problem with Ghosts

The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us. ... Read more

12 Mar 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:18

12 Mar 2023


#8

792: When to Leave

People staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? To leave? ... Read more

05 Mar 2023

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:50

05 Mar 2023


#7

639: In Dog We Trust

Exactly how much are the animals that live in our homes caught up in our everyday family dynamics? ... Read more

26 Feb 2023

59 MINS

59:33

26 Feb 2023


#6

791: Math or Magic?

When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to go about it. One says, wait for that lightning-strike magic. The other says, make a calculation and choose the best option available. Who has it right? ... Read more

12 Feb 2023

56 MINS

56:34

12 Feb 2023


#5

790: You're It

Sometimes you raise your hand. Other times you’re just the only one left. ... Read more

29 Jan 2023

59 MINS

59:50

29 Jan 2023


#4

789: The Runaround

People being dodged, delayed, and evaded—and what they do to put an end to it. ... Read more

22 Jan 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:02

22 Jan 2023


#3

788: Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom

Writer Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture his late mother, Orna Keret—but it’s hard, he says, because she’s like Maria in West Side Story and she’s also like Thanos from the Avengers. He ends up with a series of very short stories — most just a few paragraphs long — that give glimpses of different sides of her. ... Read more

08 Jan 2023

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:51

08 Jan 2023


#2

787: Baby's First Christmas

People experiencing Christmas in brand new ways, giving the holiday even more meaning. ... Read more

25 Dec 2022

58 MINS

58:58

25 Dec 2022


#1

786: It's a Game Show!

Something we’ve never done before: true stories told in the form of a game show. ... Read more

04 Dec 2022

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:10

04 Dec 2022