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**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.

Latest Episodes:

542: Wait—Do You Have The Map? Feb 05, 2023

Feeling lost and trying to figure out how to move ahead.

790: You're It Jan 29, 2023

Sometimes you raise your hand. Other times you’re just the only one left.

789: The Runaround Jan 22, 2023

People being dodged, delayed, and evaded—and what they do to put an end to it.

174: Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Milestones Jan 15, 2023

They mean something, whether we want them to or not.

788: Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom Jan 08, 2023

Writer Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture his late mother, Orna Keret—but it’s hard, he says, because she’s like Maria in West Side Story and she’s also like Thanos from the Avengers. He ends up with a series of very short stories — most just a few paragraphs long — that give glimpses of different sides of her. These written stories are interspersed with off-the-cuff stories he tells host Ira Glass.

787: Baby's First Christmas Dec 25, 2022

People experiencing Christmas in brand new ways, giving the holiday even more meaning.

786: It's a Game Show! Dec 04, 2022

Something we’ve never done before: true stories told in the form of a game show.

785: Through the Looking Glass Nov 27, 2022

People trying to coax each other across the line, from one side to the other.

784: Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map Nov 06, 2022

Not long ago, Republicans in Ohio passed a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering in the state. And then a funny thing happened. The same Ohio Republicans drew electoral maps that violated their own constitutional amendment. They’ll be using them in this week’s midterm elections. We try to understand how that could happen.

783: Kids These Days Oct 30, 2022

We hear from kids who are dealing with some of the country’s most contentious debates. Debates that are supposedly about them.

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