This American Life Archive

558: Game Face 29.05.2015 ↓

Stories of people facing very difficult situations who put their game face on and muscle through.

557: Birds & Bees 15.05.2015 ↓

Stories about the vague and not-so-vague ways we teach children about race, death, and sex.

556: Same Bed, Different Dreams 01.05.2015 ↓

A movie star and her ex-husband plot against Kim Jong-Il, plus more stories of people who are tied together but imagine radically different futures.

555: The Incredible Rarity of Changing Your Mind 24.04.2015 ↓

Stories of those very infrequent instances where people’s opinions flip on fundamental things that they believe.

554: Not It! 10.04.2015 ↓

A mysterious world of heroin addiction treatment centers where no one seems to be taking responsibility for the people they're treating.

553: Stuck in the Middle 03.04.2015 ↓

People caught in limbo, using ingenuity and guile to try to get themselves out.

552: Need To Know Basis 27.03.2015 ↓

Growing up, Stephanie Foo was the favorite child of her family in Malaysia. As an adult, she found out the complicated truth about why.

551: Good Guys 2015 20.03.2015 ↓

Stories of valiant men attempting to do good: in department stores, public buses, and at the bottom of a cave.

550: Three Miles 13.03.2015 ↓

What happens when of a group of public school students in the Bronx goes to visit an elite private school three miles away.

549: Amateur Hour 27.02.2015 ↓

A tough group of soldiers attempts to save lives through the power of show tunes.

548: Cops See It Differently - Part Two 13.02.2015 ↓

We look at one city where relations between police and black residents are terrible, and another city where they seem to be improving remarkably.

547: Cops See It Differently - Part One 06.02.2015 ↓

There's a division between people who distrust the police and people who see cops as a force for good.

546: Burroughs 101 30.01.2015 ↓

Ira Glass was never into William Burroughs. Then he heard this radio story that changed that.

545: If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS 23.01.2015 ↓

What happens when the internet turns on you?

544: Batman 09.01.2015 ↓

Can people’s expectations change whether a blind man can see?

543: Wake Up Now 26.12.2014 ↓

The story of a company—or maybe it's a movement?—that has hundreds of people posting enthusiastic videos about it online.

542: Wait—Do You Have The Map? 12.12.2014 ↓

Two brothers take a doomed road trip through Mexico. Plus other stories of feeling lost and trying to figure out how to move ahead.

541: Regrets, I've Had a Few 05.12.2014 ↓

People struggling with regrets—big and small—that take root and have to be dealt with.

540: A Front 21.11.2014 ↓

If a Border Patrol agent is not actually at the border, do you have to obey him?

539: The Leap 07.11.2014 ↓

When routines get too mundane, sometimes you just have to hold your breath and jump.

538: Is This Working? 17.10.2014 ↓

There's no agreement about how teachers should discipline students. And there's evidence that some of the most popular punishments may harm kids.

537: The Alibi 03.10.2014 ↓

The pilot episode of Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig.

536: The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra 26.09.2014 ↓

An unprecedented look inside one of the most powerful, secretive institutions in the country.

535: Origin Story 19.09.2014 ↓

Little-known and surprising stories of how all sorts of institutions began.

534: A Not-So-Simple Majority 12.09.2014 ↓

School board disputes are pretty common, but not like this one.