This American Life

In 2006, a new convert showed up at a mosque in Orange County, California. Known as Farouk al-Aziz, the convert was actually an FBI informant named Craig Monteilh. That informant’s infiltration of the mosque is at the heart of FBI v Fazaga, a case heard at the Supreme Court last month. We return to our episode from 2012, which tells the story behind it.

This bird-focused week, stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change.

People who tell a lie and then believe the lie more than anyone else.

Getting the point across — or trying to, anyway.

Stories that take place on the edge of civilization, just out of sight.

A man who was imprisoned for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay, without charges, gets out and issues an invitation to all the people who kept him there. Amazingly, three of them agree to talk.

In a world where a virus spreads across the country and most people are not going to movie theaters, we bring the movies to you.

Stories about getting from Point A to Point B—with expert assistance.

Personal recordings one person made for just one other person, including what some have called the greatest phone message ever.

An hour devoted to embarrassing stories. They’re not always just little moments – funny, daily stuff that we laugh about later. Some can change you for the rest of your life.