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This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.
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What it's like to be momentarily big on the small screen.
Stories of people standing up for themselves, shaking off their fear, bracing themselves, and doing what they’ve been scared to do.
We document one day in a Chicago diner called the Golden Apple, starting at 5 a.m. and going until 5 a.m. the next morning. We hear from the waitress who has worked the graveyard shift for over two decades, the regular customers who come every day, the couples working out their problems, assorted drunks, and, of course, cops.
Stories of people struggling to follow the Ten Commandments from the book of Exodus.
84Stories of very small injustices and also one very big one.
People connecting the dots that maybe should not be connected.
Stories from the upside-down world where conspiracy theorists dwell.
The Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee may have to fight to protect Mueller's investigation and make his report public. Now that they’re in the majority, they have new tools they can use. Our producer Zoe Chace spent weeks behind the scenes with them as they tried out their new powers for the first time. This and other stories of people scrambling to get their footing on some challenging terrain.
People tossing words out into the world impulsively. And how they ignite and burn. Over decades.
Intimate and personal dispatches from two very different battlefields: A small town in the Syrian war. And the U.S. opioid epidemic. Each came from a DIY radio outfit. (Okay, one’s a podcast.)
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Sheldon Carvalho
i love how his mother, supported him aswell, i also struggle almost the similar thing, with religion, keep watching videos on Athiest and Christians, trying to explain to people but we have to practice what we preach..now i know Jesus is Everything, he will save us, and we have to believe in our selves.
Kelsey Madas
about 15 minutes in, the audio becomes garbled.
Ares
Guys if you are into great story telling check out American Nightmare Podcast. ROLAND FLAGG is an orphaned African-American left in the care of YVONNE FLETCHER, a treacherous single mother who is on the edge of a mental breakdown. In order to escape his reality, ROLAND creates a fictional character called the Golden Ninja.
Mark Matthieu
Pay phone, taxi's, pagers, smoking section in restaurants...so much change since then!
Rachel McVey
Ah man, I've been listening to This American Life every week for three years and this episode is absolutely my favorite! So cool to get these little snapshots from the lives of so many different kinds of people
Marcus Bian
Gettin'to know
PK Bratney
Thank you thank you thank you for turning out a very enjoyable non-political episode that managed to avoid any reference to Trump, immigration, gender, race, or climate. It was a breath of fresh air!
Jared Poulter
Just because there are more papers published on vertebrates doesn't mean that it is easier to get a vertebrate paper published than an invertebrate paper. Vertebrates are studied more, so there will be more papers published. What was identified is a bias in what is studied, not what is published. To determine if there is a bias in what is published, it would require data on how many of each type of paper is submitted for publishing compared to how many are published. I understand that it was mentioned that he didn't have access to that data, but perhaps he could get data regarding how many scientists are studying each type of species.
Oscar “Prowhiz” Obians
What do we say to the god of diving? Not today.
Grant Mowbray
Great episode. would be interesting to hear a v2 done today. I love how this is an episode. without an agenda.
Guilherme Aquino
one of the best podcast episods ever
Maeve Healy
💕💕
Jennifer Demiter
my favorite episode. It was the first ever This American Life I ever heard.
Mark Matthieu
religion has done more harm to the human race
Allie
Mark Matthieu YES!!!!!!!
John
Mark Matthieu Prove it.
Veronica Sawyer
Boring episode imo
Shannon OC
Man... This was incredibly moving. My heart feels so heavy and full. Amazing.
John Buckner
Are some so fragile that a trigger warning acknowledging the existence of sex is necessary?
Leon Alden
John Buckner children listen to this podcast, some people would rather not expose their kids to that.
eduardo rodriguez
Z what if i need a trigger warning for all the trigger warnings
Rick Wagner
this is my favorite podcast. every episode is great and I listen to a lot
Holly Noel
Too preachy
Mark Matthieu
what a horrible story, glorifying this guy and what he did. sure he was addicted but I feel the reporter, since he was a friend of hers, treated it so lightly. he is scum and says he hasn't gambled or stolen since. bull. why would be believe him now? I don't.