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

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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
This American Life - 539: The Leap▲72
What happens when we push past our comfort zones?
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
This American Life - #567: What's Going On In There?▲81
From the outside, we think we know exactly what’s going on.…
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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
This American Life - 319: And the call was coming from the basement▲68
Haunted houses and a story from David Sedaris
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
5
This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76
Stories of people climbing to be number one.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
6
This American Life - 583: It'll Make Sense When You're Older▲66
Stories about growing up and gathering knowledge.
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
7
Us & Them: Trapped on a Turnpike▲52
What happens when you're trapped for 27 hours without hope
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
8
This American Life - Prom▲65
The un-natural disaster that is prom
2016 · its alternatives →
9
This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77
This week: people trying to show others what they see
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
10
The Light of Hidden Flowers▲56
What happens when work becomes your life?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
This American Life - 556: Same Bed, Different Dreams▲66
People that imagine radically different futures.
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
12
Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55
A conversation about life's unseen patterns
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Upvoted - Hold On▲85
How u/m3rlino survived a pentecostal discipleship program
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
14
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 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
15
Grounded▲65
A new DC-based plant subscription to help you relax 🇺🇸
2020 · grounded-plants.com · its alternatives →
16
Dudes of Disruption - Episode 20: Sixth Sense: Your Mind and Body in Sync▲60
Our body gives us important signals about our choices
2017 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
17
Wayt▲83
Don't leave without saying goodbye
2021 · its alternatives →
18
Hit Reply – Episode 8: Habits▲71
How our subconscious routines guide our lives
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
19
My Last Vid▲54
What will happen to your digital life after you die?
2014 · its alternatives →
20
Love Your Work w/ David Kadavy - #YOLO (so point your face at a blank wall)▲61
How to get into your flow state
2016 · delivery-edge.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
21
Morning Short: "In The Home Stretch" By Robert Frost▲53
An amazing narrative poem about the relativity of time
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
22
Reply All - 42: Blind Spot▲63
Hope is a photographer. One day her body betrays her.
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
23
Status - 1 - Nicer Place to Be▲54
How immigration affects the people we love
2017 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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If You Feel Too Much▲66
Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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