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834: Yousef and the Fourth Move

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/06/14

In Rafah, Yousef is out of options and faces his toughest move yet.

833: Come Retribution

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/06/07

Donald Trump has talked about taking retribution on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 presidential campaign. After his conviction last week in New York, his talk intensified. We try to understand what his retribution might look like by speaking with people who have the most to lose in a second Trump administration: people who believe Trump will be coming for them.

832: That Other Guy

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/05/31

People tethered to one particular other person, whether they want to be or not.

831: Lists!!!

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/05/24

How they organize the chaos of the world, for good and for bad.

830: The Forever Trial

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/05/17

The trial for the men accused of orchestrating the September 11 terrorist attacks still hasn’t started yet. Family members of those who died that day are still hoping for some kind of accountability, more than 22 years later. This week, the story of how one victim’s sister is navigating this historic and twisted trial.

829: Two Ledgers

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/05/10

For years, Majid believed that if he could testify in court about what happened to him when he was held in a CIA black site, a judge and jury would give him a break. Finally, he got a chance to see if he was right.

828: Minor Crimes Division

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/04/05

People taking it upon themselves to solve the tiny, overlooked crimes of the world.

827: All the King's Horses

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/03/22

The things we break and the ones we can't fix.

826: Unprepared for What Has Already Happened

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/03/15

People waking up to the fact that the world has suddenly changed.

825: Yousef’s Week

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/03/01

A series of phone calls to a man in Gaza named Yousef Hammash, between early December and now. He talks about what he and his family are experiencing, sometimes as they are experiencing it.

824: Family Meeting

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/02/23

Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about.

823: The Question Trap

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/02/02

An investigation of when and why people ask loaded questions that are a proxy for something else.

822: The Words to Say It

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/01/26

What it means to have words—and to lose them.

821: Embrace the Suck

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2024/01/19

People finding themselves in situations that are worse than they thought and deciding to really go with it.

820: It Wouldn’t Be Make-Believe If You’d Believe In Me

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2023/12/22

A major political party in a major swing state bets on a new leader: a total political outsider. How does that work out for them?

819: Yousef’s Week

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2023/12/20

A series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week.

818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2023/12/15

In the last year and a half, New York City has scrambled to try and provide shelter and services to over 150,000 migrants. We take a look at how that’s going.

817: The Cavalry Is Not Coming

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2023/12/01

When you realize that help is not on the way, what do you do next?

816: Poultry Slam

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2023/11/24

During the highest turkey consumption period of the year, we bring you a This American Life tradition: stories of turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks, fowl of all kinds—real and imagined—and their mysterious hold over us.

815: How I Learned to Shave

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2023/11/17

Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not.

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