Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfol
One call to a very unusual hotline and everything that followed. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepart
Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners
How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government? This week, we bring you the e
Keiko was a hugely beloved adventure park attraction. He was also captured in the wild and taken awa
With Donald Trump’s victory this week, many people looked at the election results and thought, yeah,
A wee flame, flickering in the dark. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our prem
People who tell a lie and then believe the lie more than anyone else. Visit thisamericanlife.org/li
Thirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison. Prologue
Ira Glass has news to share about some things happening here at This American Life. To sign u
So much of the fight for the presidency is coming down to battles for small slices of voters who can
Chen Almog-Goldstein was kidnapped by Hamas along with her three youngest children on October 7, 202
People caught in limbo, using ingenuity and guile to try to get themselves out. Prologue: Rachel has
One kid comes to America as an exchange student and commits herself to the senior year experience. P
People trying and struggling to see what another person sees. Prologue: Guest-host Tobin Low talks
Iowa has three million people and a million come to their State Fair, each with their own goals and
The one animal we can’t seem to live without, even when we really, really want to. Prologue: At the
Stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change. Prologue:
When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down. Prologue: Ira goes out with
In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respon
