This American Life
859: Chaos Graph
People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to. Prologue: A scientist who is used to organizing data starts tracking scientific m...
332: The Ten Commandments
For Easter weekend — and the end of Passover! — stories of people struggling to follow the Ten Commandments. Host Ira Glass reads from the Ten Comm...
858: How to Tell a Dumb American Story
A couple devises a strategy to get their daughter's killer prosecuted and to get attention for other Native families. Prologue: Mika Westwolf was ...
668: The Long Fuse
People tossing words out into the world impulsively to ignite and burn over decades. Prologue: Host Ira Glass plays a strange voicemail left by a 9...
857: Museum of Now
Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through. Exhibit One: Ira talks to producer Emmanuel Dzotsi, who brings the first ex...
856: You’ve Come to the Right Person
Sometimes, life’s biggest mysteries require one very specific person to answer them. Prologue: 7-year-old Miles has lots of questions. More specifi...
855: That’s a Weird Thing to Lie About
Unnecessary and outrageous lies that make you wonder — why lie about that in the first place? Prologue: Kasey, a woman who prides herself on her tr...
854: Ten Things I Don't Want to Hate About You
Zach Mack and his dad try to mend a rift between them in a very unusual way. Prologue: Ira Glass introduces Zach Mack’s story. (1 minute) Part On...
853: Groundhog Day
People stuck in a loop, trying to find their way out. Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks to B.A. Parker about her birthday tradition. (6 minutes) Act ...
852: Pivot Point
People living in that in-between moment before everything changes. Prologue: Kirk Johnson tells Ira about a strange choice he made during his famil...