Ranked #1

692: The Show of Delights
692: The Show of Delights
In these dark, combative times, we attempt the most radical counterprogramming we could imagine: a show made up entirely... Read more
4 Jun 2023
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #2

800: Jane Doe
800: Jane Doe
Five years after the #MeToo explosion, what’s happened in the lives of the women who stepped forward and went public wit... Read more
28 May 2023
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #3

508: Superpowers
508: Superpowers
We answer the following questions about superpowers: Can superheroes be real people? (No.) Can real people become superh... Read more
21 May 2023
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59mins
Ranked #4

799: The Lives of Others
799: The Lives of Others
Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all. Prologue: We get a tip that an entire town is consu... Read more
14 May 2023
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #5

798: Leaving the Fold
798: Leaving the Fold
A week after Jerry Springer’s death, we go back to a story we first broadcast years ago, about a side of Springer most p... Read more
7 May 2023
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #6

797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking
797: What I Was Thinking As We Were Sinking
It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster.Prologue: Host Ira Glass has fallen off his bike a num... Read more
23 Apr 2023
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #7

796: What Lies Beneath
796: What Lies Beneath
Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.Prologue: A beloved drawing goes missing from Mr. Ablao’s third grade... Read more
16 Apr 2023
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #8

795: Nine Months Later
795: Nine Months Later
It’s been nine months since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We talk to people who wanted abortions right when the laws were ... Read more
9 Apr 2023
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #9

794: So Close and Yet So Far
794: So Close and Yet So Far
People so close to each other, in extremely intimate situations, who are also a million miles apart.Prologue: Valer... Read more
26 Mar 2023
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #10

793: The Problem with Ghosts
793: The Problem with Ghosts
The ghosts that visit us, the ghosts that never do, and the ghosts that walk among us.Prologue: Chaunte Vaughn’s mother ... Read more
12 Mar 2023
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1hr 3mins