a fan edit of thisamericanlife.org
#737 - 14 May 2021
An ode to life's daily practices, and what you learn from doing a thing every single day.
#736 - 23 April 2021
What happens when your own community suddenly turns on you?
#735 - 9 April 2021
Stories about the power of blood.
#734 - 19 March 2021
How the pandemic has thrown college admissions process into a kind of slow-motion chaos. One of the biggest changes: most colleges have stopped requiring the SAT. For decades, there’s been a debate over whether schools should drop the test. What’s it mean that it finally happened?
#733 - 5 March 2021
This week, three men who came together to protest the murder of George Floyd. They were unified, loud, and impressive, but over time these three friends end up in three very different places.
#732 - 19 February 2021
Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.
#731 - 12 February 2021
Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.
#730 - 22 January 2021
Things we’ve lost in the past year — since the first American coronavirus case — that we haven’t talked about so much. Gossip. The chance to make new friends. And much larger stuff.
#729 - 8 January 2021
There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.
#728 - 25 December 2020
People going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families.
