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.

PodSkip has analyzed 29 episodes of This American Life, averaging 4.8 ads per episode (8% of runtime).

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489: No Coincidence, No Story!
Oct 18, 2026
We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions! There were so many good ones that we decided to make a whole show about them. From a chance…
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★★★★☆ 8.1/10
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427: Original Recipe
Oct 11, 2026
We discover what we believe might be the original recipe for Coca-Cola…and share it with you! When this episode first aired in 2011, it made international headlines. This, and another story about…
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899: Reaching Out
Oct 04, 2026
Sayre Quevedo’s invented a way to do a podcast that feels completely new. He’s been recording nearly all his conversations for years, and the result is something that captures a person’s life in a…
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898: An Argument
Sep 27, 2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones made an argument 10 years ago in The New York Times Magazine that became famous. She wrote about choosing a public school for her daughter, Najya, in one of the most racially and…
10 ads · 5 min · 0% ads
Anthropic/Claude ad, Boll and Branch ad
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897: Intergenerational Space Travel
Sep 20, 2026
People braving the true final frontier — the gap between people born at slightly different times. (00:00:00) Prologue: Last fall, some NPR podcasts started getting mysterious comments on Spotify…
10 ads · 6 min · 0% ads
Squarespace sponsorship, Whole Foods Market sponsor read
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646: The Secret of My Death
Sep 13, 2026
10 ads · 6 min · 0% ads
Squarespace sponsorship, Ad: Charles Schwab Choiceology podcast
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449: Middle School
Sep 06, 2026
11 ads · 5 min · 0% ads
Capella University sponsor read, Saatva mattress ad
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896: I Know What You Need
Aug 30, 2026
Moments when it seems obvious what to do for someone else, so of course you jump in and try to help — and what happens after that.  (00:00:00) Prologue: Devon Taylor tells host Ira Glass about a…
2 ads · 2 min · 0% ads
Cross-promo: Normal Gossip podcast, End credits
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206: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea
Aug 23, 2026
12 ads · 5 min · 0% ads
Anthropic/Claude ad, Square ad
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895: Label Maker!
Aug 16, 2026
Labels are powerful. They can distill you down to a single word. They can get stuck on you without your permission. And sometimes, when they get taken away, they can upend your entire life. On this…
3 ads · 2 min · 0% ads
End credits/show outro, Life Partners subscription promo
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443: Amusement Park
Aug 09, 2026
6 ads · 4 min · 0% ads
Squarespace ad, Self-promo: bonus episodes / Life Partners subscription
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894: I Couldn't Help but Notice
Aug 02, 2026
People dealing with new, glaring, massive changes happening right where they live. (00:00:00) Prologue: Rick Cole, a city councilmember in Pasadena, CA, talks to Ira about how he responded to a…
9 ads · 6 min · 0% ads
Capella University sponsor read, Shopify ad
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893: Testosterone
Jul 26, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered everyone over 30 in the military to have their testosterone tested. That inspired us to rerun this classic episode where everyone at This American Life…
5 ads · 3 min · 0% ads
Promo music/filler, Self-promo: bonus episodes / Life Partners subscription
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892: Trapped on a Bus
Jul 19, 2026
People on journeys they did not intend — or agree to. (00:00:00) Prologue: A woman on a nighttime bus ride wakes up to discover the bus driver is taking the passengers somewhere none of them want…
2 ads · 2 min · 0% ads
NPR+ cross-promo, End credits
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891: The Test Case
Jul 12, 2026
4 ads · 4 min · 0% ads
NewsMakers promo, NPR+ sponsor read
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890: Maximal Americanness
Jul 05, 2026
2 ads · 2 min · 0% ads
Listener support/partnership promo, End credits and partnership promo
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128: Four Corners
Jun 28, 2026
2 ads · 1 min · 0% ads
End credits / next episode promo, Next week episode promo
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354: Mistakes Were Made
Jun 14, 2026
6 ads · 3 min · 0% ads
Squarespace sponsorship, AT&T sponsorship
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137: The Book That Changed Your Life
May 31, 2026
2 ads · 1 min · 0% ads
Planet Money promo, This American Life Membership/Life Partners Promotion
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676: Here’s Looking at You, Kid
May 24, 2026
6 ads · 2 min · 0% ads
NPR podcast promo, Snapchat podcast ad
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887: Two Is One, One Is None!
May 17, 2026
1 ads · 0 min · 0% ads
Membership/Support Pitch
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318: With Great Power
May 10, 2026
4 ads · 1 min · 0% ads
NPR podcast promo, NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour Ad
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Ira (Reluctantly) Gives a Graduation Speech
Apr 30, 2026
Ira always hated commencement speeches. Then he felt like he had to give this one.
2 ads · 1 min · 0% ads
Promotional intro for bonus episode, Promotional outro for bonus episode/subscription
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466: Blackjack
Apr 26, 2026
8 ads · 3 min · 0% ads
Bonus episode subscription ad, Mid-show break/station ID
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393: Infidelity
Apr 19, 2026
6 ads · 2 min · 0% ads
Credits and promo, Show structure narration / rerun intro
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