This American Life
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.
Airs on:
SAT 12pm-1pm, 9pm-10pm
1 hr 5 min
654: The Feather Heist
A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds.
1 hr 6 min
691: Gardens of Branching Paths
Stories of other universes that are just like our own, but with one small difference.
1 hr 6 min
667: Wartime Radio
Intimate and personal dispatches from two very different battlefields: A small town in the Syrian war. And the U.S. opioid epidemic. Each came from a DIY radio outfit. (Okay, one’s a podcast.)
59 min
690: Too Close to Home
For the holidays, stories of families finally addressing the thorny thing they’ve never really talked about.
59 min
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.
1 hr 7 min
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 place.
1 hr 1 min
687: Small Things Considered
Stories about being little. Secret writings in tiny letters. The power of a very small number. And a medication that's supposed to cure shortness.
1 hr 14 min
686: Umbrellas Up
For over 100 days now, protesters in Hong Kong have taken to the streets every weekend. What it’s like to live through that.