887: Two Is One, One Is None!
May 15, 2026
One family faces the Trump administration’s ban on trans people serving in the military, and responds with a surprising secret weapon.
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This American Life (Unofficial)
Hosted by Unknown Host · EN · 886 episodes
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Episodes
886
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46
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Listen Score
40
Niche reach.
Virality (30d)
58
Steady cadence.
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About the host
Unknown Host hosts This American Life (Unofficial), a general show with 886 episodes published.
Recent episodes
Our AI reads these to draft pitches886: Blackout
May 1, 2026
Since the war began in Iran, we've heard very little from people inside the country — and there's a reason for that. The entire country has been under an internet blackout. We worked with reporters Roxana Saberi and Fate
Show notes885: Bless This Mess
Apr 10, 2026
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to make American history tidier, we try to learn from the mess. Including the untold, messy story of Paul and Essie Robeson.
Show notes884: The Idiot
Mar 27, 2026
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers at Serial Productions—who invented the true-crime podcast more than a dec
Show notes883: Call Your Parents
Mar 20, 2026
In the early days of the radio show, Ira did a series of interviews with his parents that completely changed his relationship with them. This week, he returns to those interviews.
Show notes882: Give a Little Whistle
Mar 6, 2026
Two lawyers who work for ICE step forward and lift the curtain on what is really happening inside our immigration system right now.
Show notes881: I Want What I Want
Feb 20, 2026
People deciding to do things that most of us do NOT choose to do.
Show notes880: What Is Your Emergency?
Jan 30, 2026
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
Show notes879: A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar
Jan 16, 2026
When a joke could get you killed, should you say it anyway? A group of Syrian comedians test the limits of their newfound freedom, a year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime.
Show notes878: New Lore Drop
Jan 9, 2026
People discovering information about their own lives that they did not know, and suddenly everything looks very different.
Show notes877: The Making Of
Dec 19, 2025
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.
Show notes876: Bigger Than Me
Dec 5, 2025
When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do.
Show notes874: Under One Roof
Nov 14, 2025
What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families.
Show notes873: Got You Pegged
Nov 7, 2025
Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter, and sets out to prove it. This and other stories about the pitfalls of making snap judgments a
Show notes872: Winners
Oct 31, 2025
America loves winners—now more than ever. But how do you get to a win in 2025 America? We watch someone trying to score a win in a game whose rules are being made up as she plays.
Show notes871: The Thing About Things
Oct 24, 2025
Three stories about the strange power inanimate objects can hold over us.
Show notes870: My Other Self
Oct 10, 2025
What happens when people create alternate versions of themselves and release them into the wild?
Show notes869: Harold
Oct 3, 2025
When Zohran Mamdani won the primary race for New York mayor, the Democratic establishment's lukewarm response echoed the treatment of another charismatic, unconventional candidate decades earlier. This week, we bring you
Show notes868: The Hand That Rocks The Gavel
Sep 19, 2025
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
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Audience demographics
Age
25-54
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General audience
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This American Life (Unofficial) is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under General and has published 886 episodes.
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This American Life (Unofficial) has published 886 episodes.
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