This American Life
This American Life
CATEGORY: Arts
This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.
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794: So Close and Yet So FarPeople so close to each other, in extremely intimate situations, who are also a million miles apart. -
654: The Feather HeistA flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds.
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793: The Problem with GhostsThe ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us.
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792: When to LeavePeople staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? To leave?
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639: In Dog We TrustExactly how much are the animals that live in our homes caught up in our everyday family dynamics?
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556: Same Bed, Different DreamsPeople who are tied together, but imagine radically different futures.
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791: Math or Magic?When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to go about it. One says, wait for that lightning-strike magic. The other says, make a calculation and choose the best opt…
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542: Wait—Do You Have The Map?Feeling lost and trying to figure out how to move ahead.
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790: You're ItSometimes you raise your hand. Other times you’re just the only one left.
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789: The RunaroundPeople being dodged, delayed, and evaded—and what they do to put an end to it.
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174: Birthdays, Anniversaries, and MilestonesThey mean something, whether we want them to or not.
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788: Half-Baked Stories About My Dead MomWriter Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture his late mother, Orna Keret—but it’s hard, he says, because she’s like Maria in West Side Story and she’s also like Thanos from the Avengers. He…
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598: My Undesirable TalentSan Francisco’s Spider-Man burglar was remarkable. He dropped into buildings from skylights, leapt 10 feet from one roof to another. But mostly, his talent got him into trouble. This week, his story, and storie…
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787: Baby's First ChristmasPeople experiencing Christmas in brand new ways, giving the holiday even more meaning.
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757: The Ghost in the MachinePeople use machines to find people they lost.
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402: Save the DayStories about one person single-handedly taking charge of a situation gone wrong.
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786: It's a Game Show!Something we’ve never done before: true stories told in the form of a game show.
