This American Life (Unofficial)

Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not.

What happens when you realize the people in charge don’t have the answers.

You've been seeing yourself, getting to know what you look like, your whole life. So why does it often take an outsider to see things about you that are obvious, and set you straight?

People who have a good, long time to think about what they’re doing, look hard at what’s ahead of them, and decide to keep moving forward anyway.

Spots we’re avoiding in our private maps of the world.

Friends and ex-friends finally talk about the one thing between them they've been avoiding.

One call to a very unusual hotline and everything that followed.

Legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey had a popular show called “The Rest of the Story.” Today on our show, we do just that. We hear from people who, whether they want to or not, find themselves face-to-face with the rest of their stories.

Nadia's family is split between Russia and Ukraine, which is pretty common. And when Russia invaded Ukraine, it didn’t just start fighting on the battlefield. It sparked family conflict, too. An intimate story of the war from writer Masha Gessen.

People  on the verge of a big change, not wanting to let go. And the people who give them the final push.

Governor Ron DeSantis is running for president on the argument that he'll do for America what he's done for Florida. So what's it like in Florida?

At a Yale fertility clinic, dozens of women began their I.V.F. cycles full of expectation and hope. Then a surgical procedure caused them excruciating pain. In the hours that followed, some of the women called the clinic to report their pain — but most of the staff members who fielded the patients’ reports did not know the real reason for the pain, which was that a nurse at the clinic was stealing...

Humans encounter non-human intelligences of various kinds and try to make sense of them.

Ira's own father, Barry Glass, co-hosts this special Father's Day show.

The one animal we can’t seem to live without, even when we really, really want to.

Five years after the #MeToo explosion, what’s happened in the lives of the women who stepped forward and went public with their stories? We tell the story of a teenager who spoke out against one of the most powerful people in her state, and what happened next.

Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all.

A week after Jerry Springer’s death, we go back to a story we first broadcast years ago, about a side of Springer most people don’t know and can’t imagine: his years as an idealistic politician in the mold of Bobby Kennedy. Plus other stories of people who try to leave some moment in their life behind, which can be hard.

It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster.

Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.

It’s been nine months since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We talk to people who wanted abortions right when the laws were changing in their states. They had to wait for appointments, for money to travel or abortion pills. And during that waiting, a lot of interesting things happened. We see how much life has changed, nine months later.

People ​so close to each other, ​in ​extremely intimate situations​,​ who are also a million miles apart.

The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us.

People staring down that hardest of questions: Is now the time? To leave?

When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to go about it. One says, wait for that lightning-strike magic. The other says, make a calculation and choose the best option available. Who has it right?