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January 01, 1990 - March 01, 2013 + This American Life
Testosterone
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Stories of people getting more testosterone and coming to regret it; and of people losing it and coming to appreciate life without it. The pros...
Valentine's Special 2008
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Veronica Chater's mother wants to go to a resort in Mexico with a friend. Her father, a former cop with an extravagant sense of security,...
Quiz Show
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The secret life of quiz shows, the life behind the questions and answers.
Matchmakers
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Sabir, a young man in Afghanistan, thought he'd found true love but he couldn't afford a wedding. So two foreign aid workers, friends of his,...
Stories of Supers
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The epic story of a building supervisor who claimed Constitutional immunity from prosecution in Brazil, saying he could "go and kill the president," and not...
Shouting Across the Divide
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A Muslim woman persuades her husband that their family would be happier if they left the West Bank and moved to America. They do, and...
David and Goliath
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Variations on an old tale, with very modern consequences...
Home Alone
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A 79 year-old woman, who's lived alone for decades, dies in Los Angeles. No one knows her or her next of kin. There's a body...
Ties That Bind
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A young girl named Sarah receives a heart transplant from a boy her age, and her mother sets off to find out more about the...
The Middle of Nowhere
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Stories from faraway, hard-to-get-to places, where all rules are off, nefarious things happen because no one's looking, and there's no one to appeal to.
The Competition
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Stories about the unintended consequences of market forces, including the story of a Tulsa businessman who tried to cut costs—not by outsourcing his operations to...
This American Life Marathon, Part II
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Our Thanksgiving audio feast features continues with five hours of the best programs from the award winning series. Noon-5pm. For detailed information about todays episodes,...
This American Life Marathon, Part I
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Our Thanksgiving audio feast features ten hours of the best programs from the award winning series. Noon-5pm. For detailed information about todays episodes, click on...
Birthdays, Anniversaries and Milestones
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Birthdays, anniversaries, milestones of all sorts... and how they mean something whether we want them to or not. On it fifth anniversary, This American Life...
Harold
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A parable of politics and race in America. The story of Chicago's first
black mayor, Harold Washington, told on the anniversary of his death.
We first broadcast...