Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter, and sets out to prove it. This and other stories about the pitfalls of making snap judgments about others.
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America loves winners—now more than ever. But how do you get to a win in 2025 America? We watch someone trying to score a win in a game whose rules are being made up as she plays.
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Three stories about the strange power inanimate objects can hold over us.
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Thirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison.
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Ira Glass shares some news about This American Life
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What happens when people create alternate versions of themselves and release them into the wild?
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When Zohran Mamdani won the primary race for New York mayor, the Democratic establishment's lukewarm response echoed the treatment of another charismatic, unconventional candidate decades earlier. This week, we bring you the story of Harold
Stories of people who try simple mind games on others, and then find themselves way in over their heads.
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A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
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Things are different on college campuses this year. We see inside the drama, with students and staff.
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