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This American Life

This American Life
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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. 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 and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.
Top 65.5% by pitch volume (Rank #32729 of 50,000)Data updated Feb 10, 2026

Key Facts

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Several times per week
Episodes
485
Founded
N/A
Category
Society & Culture
Number of listeners
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Public snapshot
Audience: 4M–10M / month
Canonical: https://podpitch.com/podcasts/this-american-life
Cadence: Active weekly
Reply rate: Under 2%

Latest Episodes

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What Is Your Emergency?

Sun Feb 01 2026

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911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: A collection of 911 calls where you can hear immigration enforcement moving through different cities and leaving chaos in their wake. (9 minutes)Act One: More 911 calls, including people on the line with dispatchers as ICE is chasing them, trying to puzzle out their next moves. (22 minutes)Act Two: Home Depots keep getting raided over and over again in Los Angeles. And day laborers are still showing up in store parking lots to find work every day.  So what’s that like? Months and months of that cat and mouse? Anayansi Diaz-Cortes went to find out. (11 minutes)Act Three: Memo Torres tries to build an archive of every person taken by federal agents in Southern California. (11 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org This American Life privacy policy. Learn more about sponsor message choices.

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911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: A collection of 911 calls where you can hear immigration enforcement moving through different cities and leaving chaos in their wake. (9 minutes)Act One: More 911 calls, including people on the line with dispatchers as ICE is chasing them, trying to puzzle out their next moves. (22 minutes)Act Two: Home Depots keep getting raided over and over again in Los Angeles. And day laborers are still showing up in store parking lots to find work every day.  So what’s that like? Months and months of that cat and mouse? Anayansi Diaz-Cortes went to find out. (11 minutes)Act Three: Memo Torres tries to build an archive of every person taken by federal agents in Southern California. (11 minutes)Transcripts are available at thisamericanlife.org This American Life privacy policy. Learn more about sponsor message choices.

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Pitches sent
10
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Rank
#32729
Top 65.5% by pitch volume (Rank #32729 of 50,000)
Average rating
4.5
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Reviews
885
Written reviews (when available)
Publish cadence
Several times per week
Active weekly
Episode count
485
Data updated
Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
1.5M

Public Snapshot

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Society & CulturePodcastsArts
Country
United States
Language
English
Language (ISO)
Release cadence
Several times per week
Latest episode date
Sun Feb 01 2026

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Audience range
4M–10M / month
Public band
Reply rate band
Under 2%
Public band
Response time band
30+ days
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Replies received
6–20
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Social followers
1.5M
Contact available
Yes
Masked on public pages
Sponsors detected
Yes
Guest format
Yes

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Frequently Asked Questions About This American Life

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What is This American Life about?

Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. 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 and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.

How often does This American Life publish new episodes?

Several times per week

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