This American Life

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.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h1m. Bisher sind 269 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 16 hours 45 minutes

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723: Squeaker


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722: The Unreality of Now


One week before the election, we have stories about people trying to live in the unreality that defines this moment. 


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 November 1, 2020  1h5m
 
 

721: The Walls Close In


Stories of people who find themselves stuck in small spaces, trying to make sense of their new surroundings. 


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 October 25, 2020  1h0m
 
 

720: The Moment After This Moment


Stories about people who are worried — or not worried enough! — about what's hurtling unstoppably towards them.


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 October 19, 2020  58m
 
 

668: The Long Fuse


People tossing words out into the world impulsively, to ignite and burn over decades.


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 October 12, 2020  1h6m
 
 

719: Trust Me I’m a Doctor


The not-often-talked-about realm of licensing boards, and the disturbing decisions they sometimes make. 


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 October 5, 2020  59m
 
 

718: Same Bed, Different Dreams


Stories of people who are tied together, but imagine radically different futures.


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 September 28, 2020  1h2m
 
 

587: The Perils of Intimacy


Stories about mysteries that exist in relationships we thought couldn't possibly surprise us.


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 September 21, 2020  1h2m
 
 

717: Audience of One


At a time when going to the movies is mostly out of the question, we bring the movies to you.


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 September 14, 2020  1h12m
 
 

716: Trail of Tears


Writer Sarah Vowell and her twin sister retrace the Trail of Tears, the route their Cherokee ancestors took when expelled from their own land.


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 September 7, 2020  1h0m