Ira calls up his mother Shirley Glass after unexpectedly finding her quoted as a “sexpert” in Marie Claire magazine, back in 1996. One of the first stories we did on our show.

Host Ira Glass talks to people as they prepare for the coronavirus but don’t know exactly what to expect yet.

Host Ira Glass talks with writer Michael Schulman about a book he wrote.

Three weeks ago, Abdi Nor became a U.S. citizen, in a ceremony in Maine. We go to the ceremony, and then head back in time to 2013, when he won a visa under the Diversity Visa Lottery.

Ira Glass talks to Bim Adewunmi about her understanding of delight through American pop culture and the summer she spent in the US as a 19-year-old.

Host Ira Glass talks with David Kestenbaum about a phone app that can create alternate universes with the press of a button.

Ira remembers the contentious family gatherings of holidays past - and how things have changed.

Host Ira Glass and Aviva DeKornfeld visits refugee camps we don’t call refugee camps—right on our country’s doorstep.

Host Ira Glass talks about our fascination with small things.

A 22-year-old woman has been going to protest in Hong Kong for more than four months. She’s got packing her bag for a protest down to a science.

Our regular host Ira Glass talks to some Hasidic Jews who also live in the neighborhood to get a different take on the parade.  (10 minutes)

The Amsterdam Fire Department has a very surprising sensitivity training video called “The Incident with the Helmet." (5 minutes)

Ira and producer Robyn Semien go behind the scenes with some of the Obama staffers to hear what it felt like in the days leading up to the infamous Beer Summit of 2009.

Ira tells us about a short-term therapy for trauma called CPT. Cognitive processing therapy was designed for survivors of sexual assault and is also used for veterans with PTSD symptoms.

Ira questions the motives of overly ambitious scientists and inventors. (2 minutes)

What does God get out of us praising him? Or is it actually for us? (7 minutes)

Lina Misitzis tells Ira Glass about this one video game character from the 90s who consistently brings men to tears.

Host Ira Glass follows presidential hopeful Julián Castro as he prepares for the first debate of the Democratic primary. His goal is just to let people know he’s in the race! By, possibly, interrupting somebody onstage.

Host Ira talks with comedian Gary Gulman about his transformation from high school nobody to football star.

Ira follows Yankee Stadium cameraman Eric Capstick as he puts fans on the Jumbotron. (5 minutes)