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.

Episodes

625: Essay B

August 7, 2022 • 59 min

In 1967, the first two Black students were enrolled at an all-white private boarding school in Virginia. The main reason they were there? To benefit the white kids.

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776: I Work Better on Deadline

July 31, 2022 • 65 min

Stories of people racing against time to solve a problem. Will they make it?

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109: Notes on Camp

July 24, 2022 • 59 min

People who love summer camp say that non-camp people simply don't understand what's so amazing about it. We attempt to bridge this gap of misunderstanding between camp people and non-camp people.

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400: Stories Pitched by Our Parents

July 17, 2022 • 63 min

We try something harder than anything we've ever tried before, by taking the random ideas that members of our own families have told us would be "perfect for the show," and turning them into actual stories.

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775: The Possum Experiment

July 10, 2022 • 60 min

An investigation into a very basic question about people: Are most of us bad or good?

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774: The Pink House at the Center of the World

July 3, 2022 • 70 min

The Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade began with a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi abortion clinic. On the day Roe was overturned, we were there. Stories from the center of this moment of history, the day it happened.

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773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points

June 19, 2022 • 64 min

Getting from A to B via Z.

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772: The Kids' Table

June 5, 2022 • 62 min

Kids navigating hairy situations all on their own, with no help from grown-ups.

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771: The Parents Step In

May 29, 2022 • 63 min

Government isn’t doing much to prevent school shootings. So parents are jumping in: parents whose kids have died in mass shootings, in the wake of each shooting. They take practical, effective action — and they get results.

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770: My Lying Eyes

May 8, 2022 • 66 min

People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.

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Episodes

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109: Notes on Camp

400: Stories Pitched by Our Parents

775: The Possum Experiment

774: The Pink House at the Center of the World

773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points

772: The Kids' Table

771: The Parents Step In

770: My Lying Eyes

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