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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recommended podcasts
689: Digging Up the Bones
There's a lot that can be gained from unearthing the past -- learning about oneself, learning about others. But, it doesn't always go how you'd expect.
252: Poultry Slam 2003
We bring you stories of turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks, fowl of all kinds, real and imagined, and their mysterious hold over us.
291: Reunited (And It Feels So Good)
Stories about getting back together with your parent, your spouse, your ... Brahman bull.
688: The Out Crowd
Reports from the frontlines of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy. We hear from asylum seekers waiting across the border in Mexico, in a makeshift refugee camp, and from the officers who sent them there to wait in the first...
687: Small Things Considered
Stories about being little. Secret writings in tiny letters. The power of a very small number. And one story from a not-so-tall writer.
239: Lost in America
Stories of people who are lost, histories that are lost, and things that are lost.
319: And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
Scary stories that are all true—kidnappings, zombie raccoons, and real haunted houses.
686: Umbrellas Up
For over 100 days now, protestors in Hong Kong have taken to the streets every weekend. What it’s like to live through that.
685: We Come From Small Places
The staff goes to one of the biggest parties in New York City, the Labor Day Carnival and the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn.