This American Life Archive

757: The Ghost in the Machine 16.12.2021 ↓

People use machines to find people they lost.

758: Talking While Black 10.12.2021 ↓

Stories about Black people who found themselves caught in the middle of the country's shift away from diversity, equity, and inclusion.

756: But I Did Everything Right 03.12.2021 ↓

People earnestly doing what they're told, and absolutely not getting what they were promised.

755: The Convert 02.12.2021 ↓

The story of an FBI undercover operation from 2006 that went terribly, and became the heart of a case heard at the Supreme Court.

754: Spark Bird 18.11.2021 ↓

Birds—the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change.

753: What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate 29.10.2021 ↓

Getting the point across — or trying to, anyway.

752: An Invitation to Tea 20.10.2021 ↓

A man who was kept for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay gets out and issues an invitation to the people who kept him there.

751: Audience of One 16.10.2021 ↓

We bring the movies to you.

750: The Ferryman 07.10.2021 ↓

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

749: My Bad 15.09.2021 ↓

An hour devoted to embarrassing stories.

747: Suitable for Children 10.09.2021 ↓

Who thought that would be good for a kid?

748: The End of the World as We Know It 08.09.2021 ↓

What happens when one family goes all in on fighting climate change.

745: Getting Out 25.08.2021 ↓

People trying to escape all kinds of seemingly impossible situations.

746: This Is Just Some Songs 18.08.2021 ↓

We made you a mixtape. Don't make a big deal out of it or anything.

744: Essential 05.08.2021 ↓

The pandemic forced jobs to change, but then the workers changed, too.

743: Don't You Be My Neighbor 20.07.2021 ↓

Bad neighbors. What can you do about them?

742: The Thing I'm Getting Over 14.07.2021 ↓

What’s recovery mean, anyway?

741: The Weight of Words 02.07.2021 ↓

Words mean things, but some words are especially meaningful.

740: There. I Fixed It. 18.06.2021 ↓

Solving problems using very extreme measures.

739: Sisters 04.06.2021 ↓

The bonds between sisters and how they get broken and fixed—or not.

738: Good Grief! 21.05.2021 ↓

People figuring out how to grieve, and doing a pretty good job of it.

737: The Daily 07.05.2021 ↓

An ode to life's daily practices, and what you learn from doing a thing every single day.

736: The Herd 16.04.2021 ↓

What happens when your own community suddenly turns on you?

735: Bloody Feelings 31.03.2021 ↓

Stories about the power of blood.

734: The Campus Tour Has Been Cancelled 12.03.2021 ↓

How the pandemic has thrown college admissions process into a kind of slow-motion chaos.