This American Life
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
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Episodes (68)
Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
Aug 24, 2026
Label Maker!
Aug 17, 2026
Amusement Park
Aug 10, 2026
I Couldn't Help but Notice
Aug 3, 2026
Testosterone
Jul 27, 2026
Trapped on a Bus
Jul 20, 2026
The Test Case
Jul 13, 2026
Maximal Americanness
Jul 6, 2026
Four Corners
Jun 28, 2026
There’s Something About Hail Mary
Jun 22, 2026
Mistakes Were Made
Jun 14, 2026
Not Today, Hades!
Jun 8, 2026
The Book That Changed Your Life
May 31, 2026
Here’s Looking at You, Kid
May 24, 2026
Two Is One, One Is None!
May 18, 2026
With Great Power
May 10, 2026
Blackout
May 4, 2026
Ira (Reluctantly) Gives a Graduation Speech
May 1, 2026
Blackjack
Apr 26, 2026
Infidelity
Apr 19, 2026
Bless This Mess
Apr 12, 2026
The Other Man
Apr 5, 2026
The Idiot
Mar 29, 2026
Call Your Parents
Mar 22, 2026
In the Shadow of the City
Mar 15, 2026
Give a Little Whistle
Mar 8, 2026
Office Politics
Mar 1, 2026
I Want What I Want
Feb 22, 2026
Kid Logic
Feb 15, 2026
Kindness of Strangers
Feb 8, 2026
What Is Your Emergency?
Feb 1, 2026
Try a Little Tenderness
Jan 25, 2026
A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar
Jan 18, 2026
The Americans Outside My Window
Jan 12, 2026
New Lore Drop
Jan 11, 2026
New Lore Drop
Jan 9, 2026
If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away
Jan 4, 2026
Must Be Rats on the Brain
Dec 28, 2025
Christmas and Commerce
Dec 24, 2025
The Making Of
Dec 21, 2025
Our Holiday Gift-Giving Guide
Dec 14, 2025
Bigger Than Me
Dec 7, 2025
129 Cars
Nov 30, 2025
I Hate Mysteries
Nov 23, 2025
Under One Roof
Nov 16, 2025
Got You Pegged
Nov 9, 2025
Winners
Nov 2, 2025
The Thing About Things
Oct 26, 2025
This Is the Case of Henry Dee
Oct 19, 2025
An Update from Ira
Oct 16, 2025