Episodes
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883: Call Your Parents
In the early days of the radio show, Ira did a series of interviews with his parents that completely changed his relationship with them. This week, he returns to those interviews.
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882: Give a Little Whistle
Two lawyers who work for ICE lift the curtain on what is happening inside our immigration system.
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881: I Want What I Want
People deciding to do things that most of us do NOT choose to do.
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880: What Is Your Emergency?
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
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879: A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar
When a joke could get you killed, should you say it anyway?
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878: New Lore Drop
People discovering information about their own lives that they did not know, and suddenly everything looks very different.
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877: The Making Of
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.
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876: Bigger Than Me
When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do.
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875: I Hate Mysteries
What’s in the box? What’s in the $%&ing box?!?
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873: Got You Pegged
The pitfalls of making snap judgments about others.
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874: Under One Roof
Behind closed doors with two families.
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872: Winners
We watch someone trying to score a win in a game whose rules are being made up as she plays.
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871: The Thing About Things
Three stories about the strange power inanimate objects can hold over us.
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869: Harold
The story of Harold Washington and the white backlash that ensued when he became Chicago's first Black mayor.
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870: My Other Self
What happens when people create alternate versions of themselves and release them into the wild?
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868: The Hand That Rocks The Gavel
Judges describe the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
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867: College Disorientation
Things are different on college campuses this year. We see inside the drama, with students and staff.
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866: Watch Out for That Tree
Small human plans that run into much larger obstacles.
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865: The Other Territory
Israel has intensified restrictions on West Bank Palestinians while global attention focused on Gaza.
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864: Chicago Hope
The story of the most commonly performed surgery, and what goes terribly wrong with it.
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863: Championship Window
People on a mission to achieve their goals before their window of opportunity closes.
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862: Some Things We Don't Do Anymore
Trump froze U.S. foreign aid and dismantled USAID. We examine the agency’s impact and hear from people trying to navigate this chaotic moment.
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861: Group Chat
Conversations across a divide: People who are outside a war zone check in with family, friends, and strangers inside.
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860: Suddenly: A Mirror!
A show about people who are suddenly confronted with who they are.
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859: Chaos Graph
People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.
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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.
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857: Museum of Now
Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through.
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856: You’ve Come to the Right Person
Sometimes, life’s biggest mysteries require one very specific person to answer them.
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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?
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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.
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853: Groundhog Day
People stuck in a loop, trying to find their way out.
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852: Pivot Point
People living in that in-between moment before everything changes.
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851: Try a Little Tenderness
People try a radical approach to solving their problems.
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850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away
The tiny thing that unravels your world.
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849: The Narrator
Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell — many stories, in fact.
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848: The Official Unofficial Record
How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government?
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847: The Truly Incredible Story of Keiko the Killer Whale
A colossal effort to un-tame a whale and send him back to the ocean.
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846: This Is the Cake We Baked
We talk to people who helped make Trump's victory happen and some who are looking to what’s next.
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845: A Small Thing That Gives Me a Tiny Shred of Hope
A wee flame, flickering in the dark.
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844: This Is the Case of Henry Dee
Thirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison.
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843: A Little Bit of Power
Abbas Alawieh, a leader in the Uncommitted movement, grapples with how to get his voters the thing they want.
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842: 51 Days
Chen Almog-Goldstein tells the story of life as a hostage in Gaza.
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841: My Senior Year
One kid comes to America as an exchange student and commits herself to the senior year experience.
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840: How Are You Not Seeing This?
People trying and struggling to see what another person sees.
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839: Meet Me at the Fair
We spend a few days at the Iowa State Fair.
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838: Letters! Actual Letters!
When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down.
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837: Swim Towards the Shark
In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?
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836: The Big Rethink
People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives.
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835: Children of Dave
Boen Wang goes back to a day that changed the course of his family's story.
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834: Yousef and the Fourth Move
In Rafah, Yousef is out of options and faces his toughest move yet.
About this show
Autogenerated feed of the This American Life archive.