This American Life Archive

733: Warriors in the Garden 26.02.2021 ↓

Three friends come together to protest the murder of George Floyd. Over time, they end up in very different places.

732: Secrets 10.02.2021 ↓

Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.

731: What Lies Beneath (2021) 06.02.2021 ↓

Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.

730: The Empty Chair 15.01.2021 ↓

Things lost in the past year that we haven’t talked about much.

729: Making the Cut 04.01.2021 ↓

There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.

728: Lights, Camera, Christmas! 21.12.2020 ↓

People going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families.

727: Boulder v. Hill 12.12.2020 ↓

What the day-to-day business of saving the world looks like.

726: Twenty-Five 04.12.2020 ↓

Stories about people who were born the year our show first aired.

725: Turkey in a Face Mask 20.11.2020 ↓

Stories about food and people who set out on very particular missions with food.

724: Personal Recount 11.11.2020 ↓

Stories of people changing their minds.

723: Squeaker 30.10.2020 ↓

People grappling with an endless presidential election.

722: The Unreality of Now 24.10.2020 ↓

Ahead of the election, we have stories about people trying to live in the unreality that defines this moment.

721: The Walls Close In 16.10.2020 ↓

People finding themselves stuck in small spaces, trying to make sense of their new surroundings.

720: The Moment After This Moment 16.10.2020 ↓

People who are worried — or not worried enough! — about what's hurtling unstoppably towards them.

719: Trust Me I’m a Doctor 25.09.2020 ↓

The not-often-talked-about realm of licensing boards, and the disturbing decisions they sometimes make.

718: Same Bed, Different Dreams (2020) 25.09.2020 ↓

Stories of people who are tied together, but imagine radically different futures.

717: Audience of One (2020) 04.09.2020 ↓

At a time when going to the movies is mostly out of the question, we bring the movies to you.

716: Trail of Tears 02.09.2020 ↓

Writer Sarah Vowell and her twin sister retrace the Trail of Tears, the route their Cherokee ancestors took when expelled from their own land.

715: Long-Awaited Asteroid Finally Hits Earth 21.08.2020 ↓

Teachers, students and parents have been bracing themselves for the start of this unprecedented school year. Now it's here.

714: Day at the Beach 10.08.2020 ↓

It’s the last few weeks of summer, so we’re going to the beach! This week, stories from the surf and sand.

713: Made to Be Broken 31.07.2020 ↓

In a pitched moment of rule-questioning, a show about rules and the people who break them.

712: Nice White Parents 23.07.2020 ↓

Producer Chana Joffe-Walt investigates the inordinate power of white parents at one ordinary public school.

711: How to Be Alone 11.07.2020 ↓

In space, in the ocean, by ourselves, or with others—we’re all just figuring out how to be apart.

710: Umbrellas Down 10.07.2020 ↓

As China's new national security law tightens its control over Hong Kong, we return to our episode about last fall's anti-government protests and check in to see how people are responding.

709: The Reprieve 19.06.2020 ↓

How Covid-19 has changed the nurses and doctors at one hospital in Detroit, and their city.