Episodes
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01:09:24 589: Tell Me I’m Fat
This American Life addThe way people talk about being fat is shifting. With one-third of Americans classified as overweight, and another third as obese, and almost none of us losing weight and keeping it off, maybe it’s time to rethink the way we see being fat. A show inspired by Lindy West’s book Shrill.
- 01:04:12
672: No Fair!
This American Life addStories of very small injustices and also one very big one.
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- 01:01:20
671: Anything Can Be Anything
This American Life addPeople connecting the dots that maybe should not be connected.
- 01:08:08
616: I Am Not a Pirate
This American Life addTo be, or not to be a pirate? This week, that is the question. Hold fast, mateys! We have stories about both historical and modern-day swashbucklers who loot, pillage, and question their choices.
- 01:09:28
670: Beware the Jabberwock
This American Life addStories from the upside-down world where conspiracy theorists dwell.
- 01:02:37
669: Scrambling to Get Off the Ice
This American Life addThe Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee may have to fight to protect Mueller's investigation and make his report public. Now that they’re in the majority, they have new tools they can use. Our producer Zoe Chace spent weeks behind the scenes with them as they tried out their new powers for the first time. This and other stories of people scrambling to get their footing on some challenging terrain.
- 01:06:05
668: The Long Fuse
This American Life addPeople tossing words out into the world impulsively. And how they ignite and burn. Over decades.
- 01:06:54
667: Wartime Radio
This American Life addIntimate and personal dispatches from two very different battlefields: A small town in the Syrian war. And the U.S. opioid epidemic. Each came from a DIY radio outfit. (Okay, one’s a podcast.)
- 01:04:56
666: The Theme That Shall Not Be Named
This American Life addSatan! In his many surprising manifestations, all around us.
- 01:03:30
665: Before Things Went to Hell
This American Life addWe revisit those moments of calm before the storm, when things could have gone very differently, but instead, they went to hell.