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245: Allure of the Mean Friend

Date
Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

What is it about them, our mean friends? They treat us poorly, they don't call us back, they cancel plans at the last minute, and yet we keep coming back for more. Popular bullies exist in business, politics — everywhere. How do they stay so popular

864: Chicago Hope

Date
Sunday, July 20, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

The story of the most commonly performed surgery, and what goes wrong with it – terribly wrong – 100,000 times a year in the United States. We’re excited to bring you the first episode of The Retrievals, Season 2, the new show from longtime This

Bonus: Nancy's Deep Cuts

Date
Thursday, July 17, 2025 - 12:00 AM
Description

Ira Glass talks with longtime producer Nancy Updike about the most personal stories they have put on the radio. This is a sample of the bonus episodes we regularly release to our This American Life Partners.

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577: Something Only I Can See

Date
Sunday, July 13, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

When you’re the only one who can see something, sometimes it feels like you’re in on a special secret. The hard part is getting anyone to believe your secret is real. This week, people trying to show others what they see—including a woman with

594: My Summer Self

Date
Sunday, July 06, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

Summer is a time when change seems more possible than ever. But is that really how it happens? Can people actually reinvent themselves in the warmer months? This week, we present stories — and some comedy — about people and their summer selves.

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863: Championship Window

Date
Sunday, June 29, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

People on a mission to achieve their goals before their window of opportunity closes.

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  • Prologue: Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi goes to a packed sports bar in Brooklyn for

862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore

Date
Sunday, June 22, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

On his first day in office, President Trump decided to freeze all U.S. foreign aid. Soon after, his administration effectively dissolved USAID—the federal agency that delivers billions in food, medicine, and other aid worldwide. Many of its programs

289: Go Ask Your Father

Date
Sunday, June 15, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

In honor of Father’s Day, stories of sons and daughters finding out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father. The answers aren't always what they’d hoped for.

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484: Doppelgängers

Date
Sunday, June 08, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

We got a tip about a meat plant selling pig intestines as fake calamari, wondered if it could be true, and decided to investigate. Doppelgängers, doubles, evil twins and not-so-evil twins, this week. Fred Armisen co-hosts with Ira Glass.

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861: Group Chat

Date
Sunday, June 01, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Description

Conversations across a divide: People who are outside a war zone check in with family, friends, and strangers inside.

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  • Prologue: The Hammash family’s group chat unfolds