This American Life (Radio)

Stories of valiant men attempting to do good in challenging circumstances: in war zones, department stores, public buses, and at the bottom of a cave 900 feet underground.

Stories about how it sucks to be in limbo, and a man who absolutely loves listening to hold music.

David Sedaris tells us how losing a sister prompted a family reunion, and an impulse buy of an oceanfront cottage big enough for all of them.

A clerical error allowed a convicted man to walk free for 13 years. Then the justice system realized its mistake.

Last May, the FBI killed a guy in Florida who was loosely linked to the Boston Marathon bombings.

Stories of people who are coming to terms with the places they call home.

They're small. And they're cuddly. But sometimes it feels as though our babies were replaced with demon replicas.

A pedophile who has never acted on his impulses starts an online support group to help himself and others like him.

We ask the people who work at a hospice facility some personal questions about death and dying.

Alex Blumberg talks to his dad about the daily pot habit he had while Alex was growing up.

Stories of people coming to terms with being in serious trouble.

A woman wakes up from a coma having forgotten that she'd divorced her husband. And Molly Ringwald watches The Breakfast Club with her daughter.

Stories of people who go one way, and then, for what ever reason, turn around and go the exact opposite direction.

At our most ambitious live show to date, we turn journalism into a Broadway musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

A Japanese reality show contestant has to enter sweepstakes from magazines to win enough sustenance to survive.

A cellphone hidden in a bag of chips starts a messy turf war between the FBI and a local sheriff.

Stories where one person's powerlessness is transformed when they discover they have backup. And what happens when that backup goes away.

Stories where people recite words that have the power to change their lives.

Alex Blumberg tells the incredible, sweat-stains-and-all saga of a man fumbling through starting a new business. And the man is: himself.

School board disputes are pretty common, but not like this one.

Little-known and surprising stories of how all sorts of institutions began.

An unprecedented look inside one of the most powerful, secretive institutions in the country.

The pilot episode of Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig.

There's no agreement about how teachers should discipline students. And there's evidence that some of the most popular punishments may harm kids.

When routines get too mundane, sometimes you just have to hold your breath and jump.

If a Border Patrol agent is not actually at the border, do you have to obey him?

People struggling with regrets—big and small—that take root and have to be dealt with.

Two brothers take a doomed road trip through Mexico. Plus other stories of feeling lost and trying to figure out how to move ahead.

The story of a company—or maybe it's a movement?—that has hundreds of people posting enthusiastic videos about it online.