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874: Under One Roof

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/11/14

What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families.

873: Got You Pegged

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/11/07

Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter, and sets out to prove it. This and other stories about the pitfalls of making snap judgments about others.

872: Winners

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/10/31

America loves winners—now more than ever. But how do you get to a win in 2025 America? We get up close and follow someone trying to build a big win for herself and thousands of others like her.

871: The Thing About Things

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/10/24

Three stories about the strange power inanimate objects can hold over us.

870: My Other Self

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/10/10

What happens when people create alternate versions of themselves and release them into the wild?

869: Harold

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/10/03

When Zohran Mamdani won the primary race for New York mayor, the Democratic establishment's lukewarm response echoed the treatment of another charismatic, unconventional candidate decades earlier. This week, we bring you the story of Harold Washington, the greatest politician you've probably never heard of, and the backlash that ensued when he became Chicago's first Black mayor.

868: The Hand That Rocks The Gavel

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/09/19

A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.

867: College Disorientation

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/09/12

Things are different on college campuses this year. We see inside the drama, with students and staff.

866: Watch Out for That Tree

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/09/05

Small human plans that run into much larger obstacles.

865: The Other Territory

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/08/22

Since October 7th, while the world has focused its attention on Gaza, the Israeli government has tightened the screws on the three million Palestinians in the West Bank in all sorts of dramatic ways. We travel to the West Bank to see these changes in person.

864: Chicago Hope

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/07/18

The story of the most commonly performed surgery, and what goes wrong with it – terribly wrong – 100,000 times a year in the United States. We’re excited to bring you the first episode of The Retrievals, Season 2, the new show from longtime This American Life producer and editor Susan Burton. It’s from Serial Productions and The New York Times.

863: Championship Window

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/06/27

People on a mission to achieve their goals before their window of opportunity closes.

862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/06/20

On his first day in office, President Trump decided to freeze all U.S. foreign aid. Soon after, his administration effectively dissolved USAID—the federal agency that delivers billions in food, medicine, and other aid worldwide. Many of its programs have been canceled. Now, as USAID officially winds down, we try to assess its impact. What was good? What was not so good? We meet people around the world wrestling with these questions and trying to navigate this chaotic moment.

861: Group Chat

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/05/30

Conversations across a divide: Palestinians who are outside Gaza check in with family, friends, and strangers inside.

860: Suddenly: A Mirror!

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/05/23

A show about people who are suddenly confronted with who they are.

859: Chaos Graph

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/04/25

People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.

858: How to Tell a Dumb American Story

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/04/11

A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get attention for other Native families.

857: Museum of Now

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/03/28

Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through.

856: You’ve Come to the Right Person

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/03/14

Sometimes, life’s biggest mysteries require one very specific person to answer them.

855: That’s a Weird Thing to Lie About

This American Life (Unofficial) ·

2025/02/28

Unnecessary and outrageous lies that make you wonder — why lie about that in the first place?

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