This American Life
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. True stories that unfold like little movies. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass.
52,700 subscribers
105 episodes
Who and what this show talks about
The people, companies, books and ideas that recur across 37 analyzed episodes.
- Trump Administration (Company, 5 episodes)
- Chicago (Location, 5 episodes)
- Donald Trump (Person, 5 episodes)
- ICE (Company, 4 episodes)
- New York City, New York (Location, 4 episodes)
- Nancy Updike (Person, 3 episodes)
- Gaza (Location, 3 episodes)
- DHS (Company, 2 episodes)
- North Carolina (Location, 2 episodes)
- American Life (Media, 2 episodes)
- Suzanne Gabber (Person, 2 episodes)
- Department of Homeland Security (Company, 2 episodes)
- New York Times (Media, 2 episodes)
- Emanuel Joi (Person, 2 episodes)
- NPR (Company, 2 episodes)
- Israel (Location, 2 episodes)
- Miami (Location, 2 episodes)
- Barack Obama (Person, 2 episodes)
- West Bank (Location, 2 episodes)
- Muhammad Ali (Person, 2 episodes)
Themes
- Trump Administration and Donald Trump: Trump Administration, Donald Trump, New York Times, Elon Musk, Department of Homeland Security
- Gaza and Israel: Gaza, Israel, West Bank
Mentioned together
- Trump Administration and ICE: affiliated with
- Trump Administration and Donald Trump: together in 3 episodes
- ICE and DHS: part of
- Gaza and Israel: together in 2 episodes
- Donald Trump and ICE: affiliated with
- Gaza and West Bank: together in 2 episodes
- ICE and Department of Homeland Security: part of
- Trump Administration and Department of Homeland Security: affiliated with
- New York City, New York and Nancy Updike: together in 2 episodes
- Donald Trump and New York Times: together in 2 episodes
Recent Episodes
- Kindness of Strangers | This American Life | Episode 75
- What Is Your Emergency? | This American Life | Episode 880
- A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar | This American Life | Episode 879
- Must Be Rats on the Brain | This American Life | Episode 801
- Our Holiday Gift-Giving Guide | This American Life | Episode 255
- I Hate Mysteries | This American Life | Episode 875
- Got You Pegged | This American Life | Episode 873
- Winners | This American Life | Episode 872
- The Thing About Things | This American Life | Episode 871
- This Is the Case of Henry Dee | This American Life | Episode 844
- My Other Self | This American Life | Episode 870
- Harold | This American Life | Episode 869
- Mind Games | This American Life | Episode 286
- The Hand That Rocks The Gavel | This American Life | Episode 868
- College Disorientation | This American Life | Episode 867
- Watch Out for That Tree | This American Life | Episode 866
- The Other Territory | This American Life | Episode 865
- Lists!!! | This American Life | Episode 831
- Letters! Actual Letters! | This American Life | Episode 838
- Allure of the Mean Friend | This American Life | Episode 245