This American Life

This American Life tells stories in an authentic and captivating way, with a new theme each week. The program explores stories with compelling people at the center of them, funny moments, big feelings, surprising plot twists, and interesting ideas.

Host Ira Glass has been named the best radio host in the country by Time magazine and received the highest individual honor in public broadcasting, the Edward R. Murrow Award. The American Journalism Review declared that the show is at “the vanguard of a journalistic revolution.”

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