This American Life airs episode number 500 this weekend. The show has chosen to use episode 500 to highlight some of its favorite segments from past episodes. We invited our audience to weigh in with some of their favorite episodes from This American Life’s past.
Ira Glass has perhaps one of the most recognizable voices in America. But, like most of us in radio, he is rarely visible to his audience. He decided to come out from behind the curtain for a special program, "The Invisible Made Visible," which was on stage in front of a live audience, and broadcast live […]
The scars and legacy of racism in America and poverty has ways of bubbling up to the surface in surprising ways. Today that legacy shows up in the story of the life and death of a famous American folklorist, journalist and author, Stetson Kennedy, who died at the age of 94 over the weekend. Kennedy became […]