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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.
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21Stories about the power of blood.
People put in positions they’re completely unqualified to handle, but who try to make it work anyway. Including one story of a tough group of soldiers who attempt to save lives through the power of show tunes.
Adults telling kids who they are, and kids wondering — are they right?
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?
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.
Why we tell them, and what happens after we do.
Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.
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.
There's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.
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.
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I could listen to Paige all day. Her voice is so dramatic haha.
Paige's voice is amazing, slightly reminds me of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
act 2 really separates having a baby from being a parent.
I had to stop listening to the deer story when she wanted to castrate him... what an awful little girl. Glad I stopped before it got worse.
This man clearly has mental health issues
Never seem to be able to listen. Fails on loading and downloading.
blankie myself... 51 yo.. in shreds.. no shame ♡♡♡♡
The purpose of standardized testing is not to predict success in college. The purpose is to provide a standardized measure to compare kids from different schools.
It is like people listened to episode/podcast only to be able to say why they hate it.
Socialism is the only answer, join your local For The People (FTP) branch today!
Incredibly difficult to hear. I cannot imagine what it is to actually live what is almost impossible for me to listen to. We have no understanding what it is to be black. We cannot have it, just as a man cannot have the pain of a woman in labor.
I wish TAM would use more discretion and journalistic integrity in podcast episodes like this. It is not accurate to describe every death resulting from a police interaction as a "murder." Doing so only contributes to the problem. It further erodes the relationship between citizens and police, and consequently increases the likelihood that future police interactions will go badly. It would also be very nice to see TAM at least attempt to cover both sides of a controversial issue. You are not doing your listeners any favors by helping them stay in their bubbles.
Wow, what a shocking display of police violence. Waiting outside his apartment with an arrest warrant and not going away for six whole hours? Tragic.
Oh look, another episode about race and pushing the extreme far-left agenda. Lazy reporting.
Wow, this one was awful as a piece of journalism - so many things that weren't true. The issue is bad enough without exaggerating, making things up and just plain lying. This episode only goes to make the cause of #blm harder. I don't think that was their intention.
Biden and his son have lots of secrets, but hypocritical liberals won't investigate. #lockthemup
This episode is good
that song sound good af
horrifying. this is an old rerun, but it's scarier the second time, after the capital riot and the election hoax. the pathway from sandy hook to the capital riot is so clear, and re-hearing the rhetoric from AJ talking about sandy hook is so chilling now that his use of language has become ubiquitous. if we had punished AJ for the first slander/libel offense, could we have avoided this entire misinformation disaster? Really makes you question the boundaries of the first amendment.... maybe he really is Satan incarnate.
Character is how you act when no one is watching.