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This American Life (Unofficial)
Unofficial RSS feed for the "This American Life" podcast. Episodes 1 through current. Updated late Sunday night Eastern / early Monday morning UTC. Visit https://www.thisamericanlife.org for more information about the podcast.Feed URL: tal.ankar.io. Feed last refreshed 2026-10-12 13:51:13. Known missing episodes: .
Episodes
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899: Reaching Out
Sayre Quevedo’s invented a way to do a podcast that feels completely new. He’s been recording nearly all his conversations for years, and the result is something that captures a person’s life in a raw and complicated way that’s rarely heard. His new show Reaching Out also documents his mutually...
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898: An Argument
Nikole Hannah-Jones made an argument 10 years ago in The New York Times Magazine that became famous. She wrote about choosing a public school for her daughter, Najya, in one of the most racially and economically segregated school systems in the country: New York City. Nikole chose a regular…
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897: Intergenerational Space Travel
People braving the true final frontier — the gap between people born at slightly different times.
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896: I Know What You Need
Moments when it seems obvious what to do for someone else, so of course you jump in and try to help — and what happens after that.
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895: Label Maker!
Labels are powerful. They can distill you down to a single word. They can get stuck on you without your permission. And sometimes, when they get taken away, they can upend your entire life. On this episode: labels and the havoc they wreak.
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894: I Couldn't Help but Notice
People dealing with new, glaring, massive changes happening right where they live.
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893: Testosterone
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered everyone over 30 in the military to have their testosterone tested. That inspired us to rerun this classic episode where everyone at This American Life tested their testosterone and compared results. It did not lead to workplace harmony.
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892: Trapped on a Bus
People on journeys they did not intend — or agree to.
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891: The Test Case
Some people in this country think Antifa is a dangerous domestic terror organization. Some think that’s a complete myth. This week, we go to the federal trial where, for the first time, the government sets out to prove that Antifa is real. Zoe Chace reports.
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890: Maximal Americanness
On this country's 250th birthday, we bring you stories about the most American people, places, objects, and social norms that make this country what it is.
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889: There’s Something About Hail Mary
We spend an hour in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, behind and desperate, with people trying any damn thing they can think of.
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888: Not Today, Hades!
Regular people trapped inside Greek myths.
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887: Two Is One, One Is None!
One family faces the Trump administration’s ban on trans people serving in the military, and responds with a surprising secret weapon.
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886: Blackout
Since the war began in Iran, we've heard very little from people inside the country — and there's a reason for that. The entire country has been under an internet blackout. We worked with reporters Roxana Saberi and Fatemeh Jamalpour to get voice memos out of the country. Even though it was...
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885: Bless This Mess
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to make American history tidier, we try to learn from the mess. Including the untold, messy story of Paul and Essie Robeson.
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884: The Idiot
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers at Serial Productions—who invented the true-crime podcast more than a decade ago—and from The New York Times.
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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 step forward and lift the curtain on what is really happening inside our immigration system right now.
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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? A group of Syrian comedians test the limits of their newfound freedom, a year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime.
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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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874: Under One Roof
What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families.
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873: Got You Pegged
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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872: Winners
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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871: The Thing About Things
Three stories about the strange power inanimate objects can hold over us.
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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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869: Harold
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 Washington, the greatest politician you've probably…
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868: The Hand That Rocks The Gavel
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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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
Since October 7th, while the world has focused its attention on Gaza, the Israeli government has tightened the screws on the three million Palestinians in the West Bank in all sorts of dramatic ways. We travel to the West Bank to see these changes in person.
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864: Chicago Hope
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 American Life producer and editor Susan Burton.…
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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
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 have been canceled. Now, as USAID officially...
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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
In the new year, stories of people trying 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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Unofficial RSS feed for the "This American Life" podcast. Episodes 1 through current. Updated late Sunday night Eastern / early Monday morning UTC. Visit https://www.thisamericanlife.org for more information about the podcast.Feed URL: tal.ankar.io. Feed last refreshed 2026-10-12 13:51:13. Known missing episodes: .
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