The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.| This American Life
Stories of people who try simple mind games on others, and then find themselves way in over their heads. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Host Ira Glass interviews Lori Gottlieb about the time she sent a letter to a writer in a magazine, a letter packed with white lies. (5 minutes) Act One: Lori Gottlieb's story continues. One complication led to another, and before long, the writer seemed to be lying to her. Or maybe he wasn't. It wa...| This American Life
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.| This American Life
Things are different on college campuses this year. We see inside the drama, with students and staff. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: We go to orientation at Arizona State University and meet international students who are trying to make friends. (6 minutes) Act One: The president of the Black Student Union at the University of Utah fights to keep the B in BSU. (30 minutes) Act Two: A definition of antisemitism, canceled classes, a...| This American Life
Small human plans that run into much larger obstacles.| This American Life
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. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Ira joins Hamed on his Monday commute. He has to navigate a constantly changing series of checkpoints and roadblocks to get to work each day. Hame...| This American Life
We spend a few days at the Iowa State Fair.| This American Life
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. It’s from Serial Productions and The New York Times. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Ira Glass introduces the first episode of an inve...| This American Life
A woman with muscular dystrophy tries to convince doctors that she has the same gene mutation as an Olympic athlete.| This American Life
People on a mission to achieve their goals before their window of opportunity closes. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi goes to a packed sports bar in Brooklyn for his favorite soccer team’s biggest game in years. (6 minutes) Act One: Connie Wang tells the story of a championship window she didn't realize she was in — until it was too late. (14 minutes) Act Two: Seth Lind, our Operations Director, isn...| This American Life
The story of a police officer and a squirrel. Plus, a small town production of Peter Pan goes off the rails.| This American Life
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 winds down, we try to assess its impact. What was good? What was not so good? We meet people around the world wrestling with these questions and trying to navigate this chaotic moment. Visit thisameri...| This American Life
One car dealership tries to make its monthly quota: 129 cars. It is way more chaotic than we expected.| This American Life
Conversations across a divide: People who are outside a war zone check in with family, friends, and strangers inside. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: The Hammash family’s group chat unfolds over texts, starting before the war. (8 minutes) Act One: When Yousef Hammash left Gaza a year ago, his sisters decided to stay behind. We hear about the toll that separation has taken on Yousef and the sister he’s closest to, Aseel. (30 minut...| This American Life
A show about people who are suddenly confronted with who they are.| This American Life
People struggling to follow the Ten Commandments from the book of Exodus.| This American Life
Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through.| This American Life
A weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme.| This American Life
People stuck in a loop, trying to find their way out.| This American Life
Here are four pitches for stories for our show. All of them made it onto the program. This first story was the anchor for show #385 Pro Se. Jon's been on the show before, is a veteran reporter and author, and reported the story himself. From: Jon Ronson Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:11:53 +0100 This story is about the Scientologists. It's about the crack team of scientologists called the CCHR who are dedicated to destroying the industry of psychiatry. They think psychiatrists are the most evil pe...| This American Life
