Julie Whitaker
Person
Julie Whitaker is a contributor to the production team of This American Life.
5 episodes featuring Julie Whitaker
This American Life
A mother confronts the cost of school integration
The episode examines what happens when a family’s commitment to challenging educational inequality collides with a child’s need for rigorous preparation and safety.
Sep 26, 2026 · 1h 5m
This American Life
Generations translate the worlds their elders missed
The episode shows how age-based misunderstandings can conceal shared fears, inherited pressures, and opportunities for repair.
Sep 21, 2026 · 1h 9m
This American Life
Death’s clues expose memory, grief and the chance to reconcile
The episode shows how imagined stories about death can distort memory, reveal painful truths and open unexpected paths toward forgiveness.
Sep 14, 2026 · 1h 8m
This American Life
Forced help fails where trust succeeds
The episode tests a deceptively simple question: what happens when assistance ignores the person, system, or community it is meant to serve?
Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 11m
Today, Explained
Medicare for All tests its political moment
The episode examines whether frustration with expensive care can turn renewed support for universal coverage into policy rather than rhetoric.
Aug 24, 2026 · 27 min