THIS
AMERICAN
LIFE

This American Life Hosted by Ira Glass

There's what happened, and there's the story that gets told about what happened. Sometimes the two things don't match up very well.

ALL EPISODES

This American Life

Becoming a badger This week, stories about people trying their best to turn themselves into something else—like a badger.

Dec 30, 2017

This American Life

Human Error Even the best laid plans can go catastrophically wrong when humans get involved.

Dec 23, 2017

This American Life

Our town, part two In hour two from Albertville, Alabama, we head into town, where a wave of immigrants has transformed the place.

Dec 16, 2017

This American Life

Our town The man whose views on immigration are the cornerstone of Trump administration policy — Attorney General Jeff Sessions — apparently came to his opinions on the issue from seeing what happened in the poultry plants of Alabama.

Dec 09, 2017

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My undesirable talent Spider-Man and other people with talents that cause them pain and suffering.

Dec 02, 2017

This American Life

Harold The story of Harold Washington, the greatest politician you've probably never heard of, and the political race war he set off when he became Chicago's first black mayor.

Nov 25, 2017

This American Life

Once more, with feeling Stories of people who decide to rethink the way they've been doing things ... or try to get others to do that.

Nov 18, 2017

This American Life

So a monkey and a horse walk into a bar This week, blurring the line between animal and human.

Nov 11, 2017

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