Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for... more
Five years after the #MeToo explosion, what’s happened in the lives of the women who stepped forward and went public... more
We answer the following questions about superpowers: Can superheroes be real people? (No.) Can real people become superheroes? (Maybe.) And... more
Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all. Prologue: We get a tip that an entire town... more
A week after Jerry Springer’s death, we go back to a story we first broadcast years ago, about a side... more
It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster. Prologue: Host Ira Glass has fallen off his bike... more
Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep. Prologue: A beloved drawing goes missing from Mr. Ablao’s third grade classroom. The... more
It’s been nine months since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We talk to people who wanted abortions right when the... more
People so close to each other, in extremely intimate situations, who are also a million miles apart. Prologue: Valerie Kipnis tells Ira about riding... more
The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us. Prologue: Chaunte Vaughn’s mother... more
People staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? To leave? Prologue: Russian forces have besieged the town of... more