Two towns grapple with the question—who do we let in?

People try to go deeper—to get to something real—in some unexpected places: war, magic, and porn.

Former kid magicians Ira Glass and David Kestenbaum dive back into the world of magic.

A polygraph operator and his strange journey.

Three people grapple with the question, “Are we alone?”

Stories about both historical and modern-day swashbucklers who loot, pillage, and question their choices.

Before Trump started his presidential campaign, there was a congressional race that redefined what was possible in American politics.

What it's actually like to live in the confusing information landscape that is Putin's Russia.

A surgeon takes out his own appendix in what might be one of the most daring surgeries ever performed.

Teenage girls ask for advice about their love lives, and Ira's tribute to his very grown-up friend Mary.

A show about rules and what happens when they’re vague and randomly enforced.

People going to very extreme measures to demonstrate their feelings.

We document what happened when the President’s executive order went into effect temporarily banning travel from seven countries.

Some people are super-stoked for the political changes that are coming.

Why has it been so hard for us to get the tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans that have helped the U.S. to safety?

Stories from people who want something desperately and then have their wishes fulfilled. Or do they?

Kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.

Samantha Broun interviews her mom about surviving a brutal attack 20 years ago that ended up changing Pennsylvania law regarding life sentences.

Stories of people who decide to rethink the way they’ve been doing things.

People around the country talking about the coming four years after Trump's election.

A story about Hillary Clinton that offers a different picture than what we’ve been hearing from both sides during the campaign.

Right now a lot of Republicans feel like they don’t recognize their own party.

Watching lies become the truth in the 2016 election.

San Francisco’s Spider-Man dropped into buildings from skylights and leapt 10 feet from one roof to another. But mostly, his talent got him into trouble.

Ordinary people make last ditch efforts to get through to their loved ones.

Stories about people trying their best to turn themselves into something else—like a badger.

What do you do when you're thrown into a situation you’re not prepared for?

Summer is a time when change seems more possible than ever. But is that really how it happens?

Stories of refugees in Greece trying to move on with their lives in whatever way they can.

57,000 refugees are stuck in Greece, making homes in some surprising locations.

A political donor has to decide whether or not he's going to support Trump. Plus other stories of people trying to make sure they get what they paid for.

Stories of people making the wrong choice, even though the right one is staring them squarely in the eye.

Maybe it’s time to rethink the way we see being fat.

People who try simple mind games on others and find themselves in way over their heads.

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


When Mariya Karimjee was little, her family made a decision that would affect her entire life. Years later, she wants to know why.

Three very different stories of people not admitting the truth.

The older and wiser we get, the more bewildering our past decisions can seem.

Kids do not like being told it’ll make sense when they’re older. They’re pretty sure the grown-ups are wrong.

The animals drop in and show us who's boss.

The story of a rape investigation gone undeniably wrong.

The story of a young voter who defies political categorization.

A hospital staffer finds a patient on the floor of his room. He is unarmed, and has been shot by the cops in the hospital.

A conservative radio host is completely baffled by the candidate his audience has decided to get behind this election season.

A woman with muscular dystrophy tries to convince doctors that she has the same gene mutation as an Olympic athlete.

We go all in and bring the joy, the spontaneity, the sense that anything can happen back to Christmas. 

Propaganda is complexity in the form of simplicity, if you know how to read it.

Stories, tributes, and attempts to understand the Chairman of the Board.