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**This American Life – 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:

750: The Ferryman Sep 25, 2022

Getting from Point A to Point B—with expert assistance.

779: Ends of the Earth Sep 18, 2022

An exploration of the very upper limits of what you do for someone you love.

550: Three Miles Sep 11, 2022

There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is public and in the country’s poorest congressional district. The other is private and costs $43,000/year. They are three miles apart. The hope is that kids connect, but some of the public school kids just can’t get over the divide. We hear what happens when you get to see the other side and it looks a lot better.

528: The Radio Drama Episode Sep 04, 2022

Our most ambitious live show ever! We pulled together a massive team of theater pros at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House—nearly 50 singers, actors, dancers and musicians. The result? Journalism turned into a Broadway musical, into opera. Mike Birbiglia, Sasheer Zamata, Stephin Merritt, Josh Hamilton, Lindsay Mendez, Lin-Manuel Miranda and others.

778: Me Minus Me Aug 28, 2022

When a fundamental part of yourself changes dramatically, are you still who you thought you were?

777: Name. Age. Detail. Aug 14, 2022

Ten people were killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY. Their stories, as you’ve never heard them.

776: I Work Better on Deadline Jul 31, 2022

Stories of people racing against time to solve a problem. Will they make it?

775: The Possum Experiment Jul 10, 2022

An investigation into a very basic question about people: Are most of us bad or good?

774: The Pink House at the Center of the World Jul 03, 2022

The Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade began with a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi abortion clinic. On the day Roe was overturned, we were there. Stories from the center of this moment of history, the day it happened.

773: The Longest Distance Between Two Points Jun 19, 2022

Getting from A to B via Z.

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