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814
Nov. 10, 2023

Parents Are People

What happens when you realize the people in charge don’t have the answers.

813
Nov. 3, 2023

Is That What I Look Like?

Why does it often take an outsider to see things about you that are obvious?

812
Oct. 20, 2023

The Bear at the End of the Tunnel

People who have a good, long time to think about what they’re doing, look hard at what’s ahead of them, and decide to keep moving forward anyway.

811
Sept. 29, 2023

The One Place I Can’t Go

Spots we’re avoiding in our private maps of the world.

810
Sept. 15, 2023

Say It to My Face

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

809
Sept. 8, 2023

The Call

One call to a very unusual hotline and everything that followed.

808
Aug. 18, 2023

The Rest of the Story

People who—whether they want to or not—find themselves face-to-face with the rest of their stories.

807
Aug. 4, 2023

Eight Fights

Nadia's family is split between Russia and Ukraine, and when Russia invaded Ukraine, it sparked family conflict, too.

806
July 28, 2023

I Can't Quit You, Baby

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

805
July 14, 2023

The Florida Experiment

Ron DeSantis says he'll do for America what he's done for Florida. So what's it like in Florida?

804
June 30, 2023

The Retrievals

Patients at a fertility clinic experience excruciating, unexpected pain. For months the reason for that pain remains hidden. Then they get a letter from the clinic.

803
June 23, 2023

Greetings, People Of Earth

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

802
June 16, 2023

Father's Day

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

801
June 9, 2023

Must Be Rats on the Brain

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

800
May 26, 2023

Jane Doe

Five years after the #MeToo explosion, what’s happened in the lives of the women who went public with their stories?

799
May 12, 2023

The Lives of Others

Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all. 

798
May 5, 2023

Leaving the Fold

People trying to leave some moment in their life behind, which can be hard.

797
Apr. 21, 2023

What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking

It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster.

796
Apr. 14, 2023

What Lies Beneath

Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.

795
Apr. 7, 2023

Nine Months Later

We talk to people who wanted abortions right when the laws were changing in their states.

794
Mar. 24, 2023

So Close and Yet So Far

People ​so close to each other, ​in ​extremely intimate situations​,​ who are also a million miles apart.

793
Mar. 10, 2023

The Problem with Ghosts

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

792
Mar. 3, 2023

When to Leave

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

791
Feb. 10, 2023

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. 

790
Jan. 27, 2023

You're It

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

789
Jan. 20, 2023

The Runaround

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

788
Jan. 6, 2023

Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom

Writer Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture the different sides of his mother.

787
Dec. 23, 2022

Baby's First Christmas

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

Extra
Dec. 23, 2022

A This American Life Christmas Playlist

"A whole galaxy of alternative holiday music that I didn’t know existed – songs that I’d want to listen to anyway, even if it wasn’t this time of year."

786
Dec. 2, 2022

It's a Game Show!

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

785
Nov. 25, 2022

Through the Looking Glass

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

784
Nov. 4, 2022

Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map

How Ohio Republicans drew electoral maps that violated their own constitutional amendment.

783
Oct. 28, 2022

Kids These Days

We hear from kids who are dealing with some of the country’s most contentious debates. Debates that are supposedly about them.

782
Oct. 14, 2022

Family Dig

Two people go on excavations of their families’ pasts.

781
Oct. 7, 2022

Watching the Watchers

People taking it upon themselves to keep an eye on those in charge.

780
Sept. 30, 2022

Setting the Record Straight

Getting to the facts can be difficult, but it’s always the right thing to do. Except when it isn’t.

779
Sept. 16, 2022

Ends of the Earth

An exploration of the very upper limits of what you do for someone you love.

778
Aug. 26, 2022

Me Minus Me

When a fundamental part of yourself changes dramatically, are you still who you thought you were?

777
Aug. 12, 2022

Name. Age. Detail.

Ten people were killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY. Their stories, as you’ve never heard them.

776
July 29, 2022

I Work Better on Deadline

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

775
July 8, 2022

The Possum Experiment

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

774
July 1, 2022

The Pink House at the Center of the World

Stories from the center of this moment of history, the day it happened.

773
June 17, 2022

The Longest Distance Between Two Points

Getting from A to B via Z.

772
June 3, 2022

The Kids' Table

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

771
May 27, 2022

The Parents Step In

The government isn’t doing much to prevent school shootings. So parents are jumping in — and getting results.

770
May 6, 2022

My Lying Eyes

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

769
Apr. 29, 2022

The Reluctant Explorer

A man is thrust into a new world he didn’t ask to visit.

768
Apr. 22, 2022

The Other Front Lines

Four personal stories from the war in Ukraine.

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