This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.
There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.
Published 01/10/21
This holiday season, we bring you a show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families.
Published 12/27/20
What the day-to-day business of saving the world looks like. We visit with one group of people who are trying to rescue us from something very large, and another group trying to rescue us from something very small.
Published 12/20/20