This American Life

The story of how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness.

View episode details

Next week preview

Featured

Extra

Dec. 8, 2019

Why I Love InspiroBot

Ira on what he loves most about this weirdly insightful bot that generates inspirational messages.

Announcement

Oct. 24, 2018

Ira Writes About Mike Birbiglia Going to Broadway

Use the code TNOTALIFE to save up to 40% on tickets to see "The New One."

Recently Aired

View archive

663

Dec. 7, 2018

How I Read It

Documents you don't normally think of, showing you things you didn't expect.

479

Nov. 30, 2018

Little War on the Prairie

Why Minnesotans don't talk much about the most important historical event ever to happen there.

492

Nov. 23, 2018

Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde

Did a beloved family doctor with no criminal history suddenly up and strangle his own father?

“When I’m trying to explain our program to someone who doesn’t know it, I stammer a bunch of words like ‘entertaining,’ ‘funny,’ ‘surprising plot twists,’ ‘true stories but not boring I swear’ … and then I just give them this list.” — Ira Glass

View this list