This American Life

492: Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde

A doctor named Benjamin Gilmer gets a job at a rural clinic in North Carolina. He’s replaced another doctor named Gilmer – Dr. Vince Gilmer... Read more

Published on: 2022-01-16
758: Talking While Black

Think back to two summers ago, the summer of 2020, when a series of violent, highly-publicized killings of Black Americans sparked outrage and a national movement... Read more

Published on: 2022-01-09
757: The Ghost in the Machine

People use machines to find people they lost. A version of the painting His Master's Voice by Francis Barraud, which was adapted into a logo for... Read more

Published on: 2022-01-02
47: Christmas and Commerce

Stories about the intersection of Christmas and retail, originally broadcast in 1996 when our show was only a year old. Including David Sedaris's story "Santaland... Read more

Published on: 2021-12-25
214: Family Physics

We take the stately laws of physics—laws which mathematicians and scientists have spent centuries discovering and verifying—and apply them to the realm of human relationships,... Read more

Published on: 2021-12-19