850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away
The tiny thing that unravels your world. Prologue: Ira talks to Chris Benderev, whose high school years were completely upended by an impromptu thin...
849: The Narrator
Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell — many stories, in fact. Prologue: While on the phone with reporter Maram Ha...
809: The Call
One call to a very unusual hotline and everything that followed. Prologue: Ira talks about a priest who set up what may have been the first hotline ...
815: How I Learned to Shave
Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not. Prologue: Ira talks about the time his dad taught him to shave, and how unusual that was...
848: The Official Unofficial Record
How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government? This week, we bring you the extraordinary story of hundreds of thousands of Ven...
847: The Truly Incredible Story of Keiko the Killer Whale
Keiko was a hugely beloved adventure park attraction. He was also captured in the wild and taken away from his mother when he was just a calf. When Ho...
846: This Is the Cake We Baked
With Donald Trump’s victory this week, many people looked at the election results and thought, yeah, this is the country I thought it was. For some pe...
845: A Small Thing That Gives Me a Tiny Shred of Hope
A wee flame, flickering in the dark. Prologue: Who’s trying to bridge the gap between Blue America and Red America? Ira gets a glimpse of one guy wh...
844: This Is the Case of Henry Dee
Thirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison. Prologue: Henry Dee has been locked up for most of his l...
A Big Announcement
Ira Glass has news to share about some things happening here at This American Life.