This American Life

Name. Age. Detail.

#777 - 12 August 2022

Ten people were killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY. Their stories, as you’ve never heard them.

I Work Better on Deadline

#776 - 29 July 2022

Stories of people racing against time to solve a problem. Will they make it?

The Possum Experiment

#775 - 8 July 2022

An investigation into a very basic question about people: Are most of us bad or good?

The Pink House at the Center of the World

#774 - 1 July 2022

The Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade began with a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi abortion clinic. On the day Roe was overturned, we were there. Stories from the center of this moment of history, the day it happened.

The Longest Distance Between Two Points

#773 - 17 June 2022

Getting from A to B via Z.

The Kids' Table

#772 - 3 June 2022

Kids navigating hairy situations all on their own, with no help from grown-ups.

The Parents Step In

#771 - 27 May 2022

Government isn’t doing much to prevent school shootings. So parents are jumping in: parents whose kids have died in mass shootings, in the wake of each shooting. They take practical, effective action — and they get results.