This American Life
Comedy
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Comedy
Description:
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.thisamericanlife.org
Episodes
816: Poultry Slam
11/26/2023
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.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:00:57:50
815: How I Learned to Shave
11/19/2023
Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:00:27
814: Parents Are People
11/12/2023
What happens when you realize the people in charge don’t have the answers.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:03:14
813: Is That What I Look Like?
11/5/2023
You've been seeing yourself, getting to know what you look like, your whole life. So why does it often take an outsider to see things about you that are obvious, and set you straight?
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:00:54:56
812: The Bear at the End of the Tunnel
10/22/2023
People who have a good, long time to think about what they’re doing, look hard at what’s ahead of them, and decide to keep moving forward anyway.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:03:50
811: The One Place I Can’t Go
10/1/2023
Spots we’re avoiding in our private maps of the world.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:00:16
810: Say It to My Face
9/17/2023
Friends and ex-friends finally talk about the one thing between them they've been avoiding.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:03:25
809: The Call
9/10/2023
One call to a very unusual hotline, and everything that followed.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:01:58
808: The Rest of the Story
8/20/2023
Legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey had a popular show called “The Rest of the Story.” Today on our show, we do just that. We hear from people who, whether they want to or not, find themselves face-to-face with the rest of their stories.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:03:24
807: Eight Fights
8/6/2023
Nadia's family is split between Russia and Ukraine, which is pretty common. And when Russia invaded Ukraine, it didn’t just start fighting on the battlefield. It sparked family conflict, too. An intimate story of the war from writer Masha Gessen.
Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org
Duration:01:00:24