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24 alternatives to This American Life - I Thought I Knew You

What happens when the ground shifts underneath you

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - I Thought I Knew You launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   This American Life - #567: What's Going On In There?▲81

   From the outside, we think we know exactly what’s going on.…

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   What happens if you disappear▲35

   2016 · cronu.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   This American Life - My Damn Mind▲68

   The brain can betray you or benefit you. Act I w/ the NYT

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76

   Stories of people climbing to be number one.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   This American Life - 583: It'll Make Sense When You're Older▲66

   Stories about growing up and gathering knowledge.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Us & Them: Trapped on a Turnpike▲52

   What happens when you're trapped for 27 hours without hope

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   This American Life - Prom▲65

   The un-natural disaster that is prom

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77

   This week: people trying to show others what they see

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   This American Life - 556: Same Bed, Different Dreams▲66

   People that imagine radically different futures.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55

    A conversation about life's unseen patterns

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Upvoted - Hold On▲85

    How u/m3rlino survived a pentecostal discipleship program

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dudes of Disruption Ep 5 - Planning from The Future and Not Your Past▲52

    The power of living in your present based on a declaration

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Grounded▲65

    A new DC-based plant subscription to help you relax 🇺🇸

    2020 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Dudes of Disruption - Episode 20: Sixth Sense: Your Mind and Body in Sync▲60

    Our body gives us important signals about our choices

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Wayt▲83

    Don't leave without saying goodbye

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hit Reply – Episode 8: Habits▲71

    How our subconscious routines guide our lives

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    My Last Vid▲54

    What will happen to your digital life after you die?

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Love Your Work w/ David Kadavy - #YOLO (so point your face at a blank wall)▲61

    How to get into your flow state

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Morning Short: "In The Home Stretch" By Robert Frost▲53

    An amazing narrative poem about the relativity of time

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Status - 1 - Nicer Place to Be▲54

    How immigration affects the people we love

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Dudes of Disruption Ep 70 - Grow Up Already: How Your 10 Year Old Self Runs Your Life▲54

    The origins of our core beliefs about ourselves

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Double 2▲116

    Giving you a physical presence when you can’t be there

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    If You Feel Too Much▲66

    Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    MegaMaker - 035 - "Being in traffic almost killed me"▲77

    How do you quit your day job? You need the freedom ladder.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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