This American Life

In honor of Father’s Day, stories of sons and daughters finding out the one thing they&#03... more

We got a tip about a meat plant selling pig intestines as fake calamari, wondered if it co... more

Conversations across a divide: People who are outside a war zone check in with family, fri... more

A show about people who are suddenly confronted with who they are. Visit [thisamericanlif... more

People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to. Visit [thisamericanlife... more

A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get atte... more

Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through. Visit [thisameric... more

Sometimes, life’s biggest mysteries require one very specific person to answer them. Visi... more

Unnecessary and outrageous lies that make you wonder — why lie about that in the first pla... more

Zach Mack and his dad try to mend a rift between them in a very unusual way.  Visit [this... more

Ira Glass has news to share about some things happening here at This American Life. To sig... more

People tossing words out into the world impulsively to ignite and burn over decades. Visi... more

Little-known and surprising stories of how all sorts of institutions began. Visit [thisam... more

Stories from the heart of heartbreak. Visit [thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners] (https://... more

People stuck in a loop, trying to find their way out. Visit [thisamericanlife.org/lifepar... more

An investigation of when and why people ask loaded questions that are a proxy for somethin... more

People living in that in-between moment before everything changes. Visit [thisamericanlif... more

In the new year, stories of people trying a radical approach to solving their problems. V... more

People climbing to be number one. How do they do it? What is the fundamental difference be... more

We leave the normal realm of human error and enter the territory of huge breakdowns. Visi... more

The tiny thing that unravels your world. Visit [thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners] (https... more

Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell — many stories, in... more

One call to a very unusual hotline and everything that followed. Visit [thisamericanlife.... more

How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government? This week, we bring... more

Keiko was a hugely beloved adventure park attraction. He was also captured in the wild and... more

With Donald Trump’s victory this week, many people looked at the election results and thou... more

A wee flame, flickering in the dark. Visit [thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners] (https://t... more

People who tell a lie and then believe the lie more than anyone else.  Visit [thisamerica... more

Thirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison... more

So much of the fight for the presidency is coming down to battles for small slices of vote... more

Chen Almog-Goldstein was kidnapped by Hamas along with her three youngest children on Octo... more

People caught in limbo, using ingenuity and guile to try to get themselves out. ---Prolog... more

Iowa has three million people and a million come to their State Fair, each with their own ... more

The one animal we can’t seem to live without, even when we really, really want to. ---Pro... more

When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down. ---Prologue: Ira... more

In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will ... more

Humans encounter non-human intelligences of various kinds and try to make sense of them. ... more

People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives — with their sis... more

People ​so close to each other, ​in ​extremely intimate situations​,​ who are also a milli... more

We head to some of the happiest places on earth: amusement parks! Ira Glass takes us behin... more

It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster. ---Prologue: Host... more

Yousef is forced into a move he is not sure he can make. ---Prologue: Since the beginning... more

Donald Trump has talked about taking retribution on his enemies since the early days of hi... more

People tethered to one particular other person, whether they want to be or not. ---Prolog... more

The trial for the men accused of orchestrating the September 11 terrorist attacks still ha... more

For years, Majid believed that if he could testify in court about what happened to him whe... more

Gladiators in the Colosseum. Sideshow performers. Reality television. We've always lo... more

A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides t... more

It can be hard to know the right moment for something to happen. ---Prologue: When Jordan... more

People taking it upon themselves to solve the tiny, overlooked crimes of the world. ---Pr... more

Mysteries that exist in relationships we thought couldn't possibly surprise us. ---P... more

The things we break and the ones we can't fix. ---Prologue: Ira tells the stories of... more

People waking up to the fact that the world has suddenly changed. ---Prologue: Jackson La... more

The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson. He was a rising star in the evangelical movement wh... more

A series of phone calls to a man in Gaza named Yousef Hammash, between early December and ... more

Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about. ---A family sits down to... more

When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to... more

What it means to have words—and to lose them. ---Prologue: Sometimes we don’t want to say... more

People finding themselves in situations that are worse than they thought and deciding to r... more

There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing. ... more

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

You've been seeing yourself, getting to know what you look like, your whole life. So ... more

For the lead up to Halloween, scary stories that are all true. Zombie raccoons, haunted ho... more

People who have a good, long time to think about what they’re doing, look hard at what’s a... more

People breaking the rules fully, completely, and with no bad consequences. Some justify th... more

We bring the movies to you. ---Prologue: Host Ira Glass revisits the one movie he’s seen ... more

Spots we’re avoiding in our private maps of the world. ---Prologue: Guest host Bim Adewun... more

Friends and ex-friends finally talk about the one thing between them they've been avo... more

Nine radio reporters. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway. Stories of pe... more

The mysterious hold supers have on their buildings, or that their buildings have on them. ... more

Legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey had a popular show called “The Rest of the Story.”... more

It’s the last few weeks of summer, so we’re going to the beach! This week, stories from th... more

Nadia's family is split between Russia and Ukraine, which is pretty common. And when ... more

People  on the verge of a big change, not wanting to let go. And the people who give them ... more

Governor Ron DeSantis is running for president on the argument that he'll do for Amer... more

At a Yale fertility clinic, dozens of women began their I.V.F. cycles full of expectation ... more

Ira's own father, Barry Glass, co-hosts this special Father's Day show. ---Prol... more

In these dark, combative times, we attempt the most radical counterprogramming we could im... more

Five years after the #MeToo explosion, what’s happened in the lives of the women who stepp... more

We answer the following questions about superpowers: Can superheroes be real people? (No.)... more

Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all.  ---Prologue: W... more

Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep. ---Prologue: A beloved drawing goes m... more

Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, the... more

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

Writer Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture his late mother, Orna Ke... more

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

People use machines to find people they lost.

People trying to coax each other across the line, from one side to the other.

We hear from kids who are dealing with some of the country’s most contentious debates. Deb... more