One week left to get your application in for our next fellowship session. It's a paid position with benefits, and you'll observe and participate in all aspects of the show’s production. Deadline: Oct. 1. bit.ly/38WSNey

"I was angry that we were being manipulated." Immigration judges speak up about how different their jobs have become in the past few months. link.podtrac.com/jg02r5r2

Wow! One was fired by a 3-line email mid-hearing!! 😖

@thisamericanlife.org has an incredible show about what's going on in our immigration system. www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...

Turn your public radio station, stream on line, sign up for their podcast. This is a MUST listen.

A group of immigration judges, who rarely speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. link.podtrac.com/jg02r5r2

Immigration judges explain how different their jobs have become in the past few months because of sweeping policy changes by Trump’s Department of Justice. link.podtrac.com/jg02r5r2

On the radio this weekend: A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. bit.ly/4neQ5Fi

Become our Life Partner! Help support the show and get ad-free episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to hundreds of archive favorites curated by Ira Glass himself. thisamericanlife.supercast.com?utm_campaign...

Anti-DEI laws are reshaping college campuses across the country. Utah passed theirs a year ago, becoming a testing ground for how these policies will work in practice. We followed one student, president of her college's Black Student Union, as she navigated the new reality. link.podtrac.com/x1rke2j8

We're still taking applications for our next fellowship session. We’re looking for someone with great ideas and Pro Tools (or similar) skills to help us with all parts of making the show. It's a paid position with benefits. Deadline to apply: Oct 1. bit.ly/38WSNey

The Trump administration withheld $400M from Columbia until the university agreed to a settlement with specific conditions—including adopting a government-approved definition of antisemitism. Professors are asking: what does this actually mean for their classes this year? link.podtrac.com/x1rke2j8

The president of the Black Student Union at the University of Utah fights to keep the B in BSU. link.podtrac.com/x1rke2j8

Things are different on college campuses this year. We see inside the drama, with students and staff. lnk.to/gf57RJ

NYC: Join Ira at the book launch for "The Podcast Pantheon" by Sean Malin — also featuring Dan Taberski, Negin Farsad, and Pam Grossman. They'll be talking about the art of podcasting and shows that changed how we listen. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Applications are open for our fellowship program! Our fellows learn to structure and mix radio stories, participate in group edits, and pitch their own pieces. It’s paid, with benefits like health insurance and a relocation reimbursement. Apply by Oct. 1. www.thisamericanlife.org/fellowships

Mahmoud Khalil, the first student protester detained by the Trump administration, is on our show this week. We explore who he really is and what it's been like living through the day-to-day of his arrest, detention, and new notoriety. link.podtrac.com/gtm3o2gj

This week: people who carefully, meticulously plan for one future, and then the plans are derailed by forces much bigger than they are. link.podtrac.com/gtm3o2gj

A sixteen-year-old plans a prank, and a complete stranger from Honduras ends up in a million-dollar deal. What could go wrong? link.podtrac.com/gtm3o2gj

A young couple, excited to start a new chapter in their lives, is suddenly put on a very different trajectory.

On the radio this weekend: Small human plans that run into much larger obstacles. bit.ly/45RGHkM

The deadline to apply for our next fellowship session is October 1. ✅ paid position ✅ health insurance ✅ relocation reimbursement And you'll participate in all aspects of show production. www.thisamericanlife.org/fellowships

NYC: Ira Glass is interviewing Reality Winner about her new book, I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY, at @mcnallyjackson on Sept. 15. www.mcnallyjackson.com/reality-winn...

We're hiring an Office Coordinator to undertake a variety of administrative tasks and help our NYC office run smoothly. Deadline to apply: September 19.

Bonus content: Producer Tobin Low sits down with Ira Glass to listen to some stories by our coworker Lilly Sullivan – stories that Tobin thinks shouldn’t work on the radio but somehow really, really do. Become a Life Partner today to listen.

After 25 years in the same business, a man starts from scratch to create a cable network with no people, no talking, no plots—but lots and lots of puppies. link.podtrac.com/fu2k1s97

A day in the life of a guy who wakes up broke every morning, hustles as much as $10,000 during the day, and then loses most of it by the time he goes to bed. What it's like to start from scratch every day. link.podtrac.com/fu2k1s97

On the radio this weekend: People starting over—sometimes because they want to, other times because they have to. bit.ly/2syl98W

Settler violence has worsened significantly in the West Bank since October 7th. We travel to a tiny village called Tuba, surrounded by Israeli settlements, to meet the 27-year-old resident trying to protect it. link.podtrac.com/vs1l4bmw

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Ira joins Hamed on his Monday commute in the West Bank. He has to navigate a constantly changing series of checkpoints and roadblocks to get to work each day. link.podtrac.com/vs1l4bmw

Since October 7th, while the world has focused its attention on Gaza, the Israeli government has tightened the screws on the three million Palestinians in the West Bank in all sorts of dramatic ways. We travel to the West Bank to see these changes in person.

#1?! We're honored to top Left of Dial Media's poll of audio creators. This list is full of shows that broke new ground and told stories in ways we'd never heard. Thanks to all who voted.

John Fecile talks to his brother, Pat, about a list their other brother made before he died. They each have different ideas about what the list means and how they feel about it. bit.ly/41c2IrF

M Gessen talks to Russians living in America and elsewhere about lists they’ve been put on by the Russian government — each with its own complex rules and potential consequences. bit.ly/4726KGP

On the radio this weekend: How they organize the chaos of the world, for good and for bad. bit.ly/3wZe9XH

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This week in our show about letters, Zoe Chace compares the letters a person gets and the letters they *wish* they got.

Writing a letter decades after an event that shaped her life was the only way Nicole Piasecki could make some sense of it.

Ira goes out with a letter carrier as she delivers mail. He learns about the people who bring us our mail — what they like about the job, what we do that annoys them, and how intimately they get to know some of the people on their route.

On the radio this weekend: When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down. bit.ly/4cvPE32

Bonus content: Ira onstage with comedian Zarna Garg. Zarna is skeptical of Ira's career choices. Ira wonders if Zarna owes him money. It's a wide-ranging conversation! Become a Life Partner today to listen: bit.ly/40LYPIO

Bailey comes from a family of carnies. One of the most thrilling things she looks for at a fair is someone who is good at luring people into spending money. She takes Ira on an insider’s search for “an agent.” link.podtrac.com/0nj1izbk

A big bull, a giant slide, and cowboys on horseback shooting balloons are just a few sights you can take in at the Iowa State Fair. Some people come for the spectacle, and some *are* the spectacle.

On the radio this weekend: A million people come to the Iowa State Fair, each with their own goals and dreams. We hang out with some of them to see if they get what they hoped for. bit.ly/3ZdkaMc

Free bonus content: Ira on the most personal stories he's made for the show. If you enjoy listening, we hope you'll consider subscribing! Listen: lnk.to/UVyLz3 Subscribe: bit.ly/40LYPIO

Jonathan Goldstein interrogates the girls, now grown up, who terrorized him and his classmates years ago in school—and finds they can be just as scary as ever. link.podtrac.com/f38exlpe

On the radio this weekend: What is it about our mean friends? They treat us poorly, they don't call us back, they cancel plans at the last minute, and yet we keep coming back for more. bit.ly/4o4koiH

We released a Life Partner episode for everyone! Ira and Nancy Updike dive deep into the most personal stories he's done for the show. (Nancy made him cry—in a good way!) We hope you'll listen and consider supporting the show.

This week, we’re excited to bring you the first episode of "The Retrievals, Season 2," the new show from @serialproductions.bsky.social. link.podtrac.com/nwu62a7b