EP229: A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daug...

On this episode of Our American Stories, In 1831, a young French aristocrat named Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the United States, ostensibly to study America's prison system. What he was really seeking was something much bigger: an understanding of democracy itself. The resu ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, when red-light cameras began appearing across Missouri, many drivers saw them as little more than an annoyance. Civil rights attorneys Hugh Eastwood and Bevis Schock saw something else: a system that issued tickets to vehicle owners regard ...  Show more

Harrison Tinsley fell in love with a stranger. She got pregnant. Then the unthinkable happened: she declared their son was non-binary. Now this California dad is in a fight for his son’s life. Whether you have heard this story or it’s your first time, Alex asks the details you’ll ...  Show more

Charles talks about being a professional granddad (he does have 8 grandkids after all), learns some interesting phrases from listeners in Newfoundland, tells the story of the time he was struck by lightning, and enlightens Link with his pronunciation of certain words. Plus, Charl ...  Show more

We visited America’s sweethearts on Manhattan’s East Side and found them as devoted and candid as ever. During a short period in the late 80’s, Michael and Tracy got married, had a son, Michael lost his father and gained a life-altering diagnosis — a lot for a young couple to nav ...  Show more

While on tour for his new book The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids, Ryan met up with his longtime friend and occasional running partner Casey Neistat ...