This American Life Archive

We ask the people who work at a hospice facility some personal questions about death and dying.

A pedophile who has never acted on his impulses starts an online support group to help himself and others like him.

They're small. And they're cuddly. But sometimes it feels as though our babies were replaced with demon replicas.

Stories of people who are coming to terms with the places they call home.

Last May, the FBI killed a guy in Florida who was loosely linked to the Boston Marathon bombings.

A clerical error allowed a convicted man to walk free for 13 years. Then the justice system realized its mistake.

David Sedaris tells us how losing a sister prompted a family reunion, and an impulse buy of an oceanfront cottage big enough for all of them.

Stories about how it sucks to be in limbo, and a man who absolutely loves listening to hold music.

Stories of valiant men attempting to do good in challenging circumstances: in war zones, department stores, public buses, and at the bottom of a cave 900 feet underground.

It's the thought that counts. Unfortunately, sometimes it's not always so clear what that thought was.