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 271 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 18 hours 45 minutes

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645: My Effing First Amendment


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644: Random Acts of History


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 April 30, 2018  58m
 
 

643: Damned If You Do…


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 April 16, 2018  1h0m
 
 

642: The Impossible Dream


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 April 9, 2018  1h7m
 
 

289: Go Ask Your Father


Sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father.


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306: Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time


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 March 26, 2018  59m
 
 

641: The Walls


Stories from border walls all over the world, and of the strange ecosystems that arise around them.


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 March 18, 2018  1h11m
 
 

640: Five Women


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 March 3, 2018  1h20m
 
 

637: Words You Can't Say


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