This American Life Archive

708: Here, Again 11.06.2020 ↓

We hear what different people said and did one weekend in reaction to the killing of George Floyd.

707: We Are in the Future 05.06.2020 ↓

In this moment of sorrow, protest, and rage, we offer this as a break from the dreadful present: our show about Afrofuturism.

706: A Mess to Be Reckoned With 22.05.2020 ↓

Lissa Yellow Bird searches for missing people. She's great at it. But then, her niece goes missing.

705: Time Out 16.05.2020 ↓

Our favorite stories from the football fields, boxing rings, and basketball courts of days past.

704: Our Pulitzer-Winning Episode 13.05.2020 ↓

What the Trump administration’s "Remain in Mexico" policy really means, on the ground, at the Mexican border.

703: Stuck! 01.05.2020 ↓

During a time when a lot of us feel like we are living in a holding pattern, stories of people feeling stuck.

702: One Last Thing Before I Go 24.04.2020 ↓

Ordinary people make last ditch efforts to get through to their loved ones.

701: Black Box 10.04.2020 ↓

Desperate to know what happened to his family, a man obsessively decodes the only information about them he can get.

700: Embiggening 04.04.2020 ↓

Sometimes a sketch of a thing needs filling in for its true significance to be known.

699: Fiasco! 03.04.2020 ↓

We leave the normal realm of human error and enter the territory of huge breakdowns.

698: The Test 20.03.2020 ↓

Stories of people trying to rise to the challenge presented by coronavirus, in some pretty extreme situations.

697: Alone Together 19.03.2020 ↓

In this moment when everyone’s reaching out to the people they love, we put together a collection of family stories.

696: Low Hum of Menace 06.03.2020 ↓

Things do not seem fine at all, but it’s hard to say why.

695: Everyone's a Critic 21.02.2020 ↓

People squirming in a world where everything is rated and reviewed.

694: Get Back to Where You Once Belonged 07.02.2020 ↓

People looking everywhere to find a place—any place—where, for once, they don't have to be the odd man out.

693: Abdi the American 01.02.2020 ↓

We return to our story about Abdi Nor from 2015, with some news about his life today.

692: The Show of Delights 25.01.2020 ↓

In these dark times, we attempt some radical counterprogramming: a show made up entirely of stories about delight.

691: Gardens of Branching Paths 03.01.2020 ↓

Other universes that are just like our own, but with one small difference.

690: Too Close to Home 20.12.2019 ↓

For the holidays, stories of families finally addressing the thorny thing they’ve never really talked about.

689: Digging Up the Bones 29.11.2019 ↓

There's a lot that can be gained from unearthing the past. But it doesn't always go how you'd expect.

688: The Out Crowd 08.11.2019 ↓

Reports from the frontlines of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy. This episode won the first ever Pulitzer Prize given for audio journalism.

687: Small Things Considered 01.11.2019 ↓

Tiny letters, a very small number, and a medication that's supposed to cure shortness.

686: Umbrellas Up 11.10.2019 ↓

For over 100 days now, protestors in Hong Kong have taken to the streets every weekend. What it’s like to live through that.

685: We Come From Small Places 04.10.2019 ↓

We go to one of the biggest parties in NYC, the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn.

684: Burn It Down 20.09.2019 ↓

Stories of people who decide the only way forward — for real change — is to burn everything to the ground.