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January 01, 1990 - June 13, 2012 + This American Life
Wrong Side of History
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Bernie Epton went down in history as the Other Guy: the white opponent who almost defeated the first black mayor of Chicago. But what’s the...
Bad Bank
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Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam Davidson team up once again
to talk economy about why America's working men and women have given billions of taxpayer dollars...
Somewhere Out There
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Of all the six and a half billion people in the world, what are the odds that any two people are a real match? Stories...
Radio Round-up of This American Life, Chapter II
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A
round-up of favorite stories from the series, selected especially for the pledge drive.
Radio Round-up of This American Life
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A round-up of favorite stories from This American Life that reminds us what makes radio special.
The Inauguration Show
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People from all over the country weigh in with their feelings about the new president. Plus, NPR international economics correspondent Adam Davidson on how Obama's...
Numbers
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Numbers lie. Numbers cover over complicated feelings and ambiguous situations. In this week's show, stories of people trying to use numbers to describe things that...
The Mall Show
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This American Life spends several days in a mall in suburban Tennessee, to see what people are buying in this grim financial mood, and how...
Ruining It for the Rest of Us
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When they decided not to vaccinate their son against measles, two San Diego parents thought they were making the best decision for their child. But...
Heretics
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The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who cast aside the idea of Hell, and with it everything he'd...
Poultry Slam 2008
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A man in Pakistan wants to break his friend out of prison. He buys him
an amulet that supposedly has the power to protect anyone from...
Who Do You Think You Are?
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This week we bring you stories of privilege, and the lengths some will go to to maintain it. A teenager with a prominent father helps...
And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
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For Halloween, scary stories that are all true. Kidnappings, zombie raccoons, haunted houses—real haunted houses!—and things that go "EEEEK!!!" in the night. Plus, a new...
Ground Game
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This American Life goes to Pennsylvania, a battleground within a battleground, to figure out why, and how, McCain and Obama both think they can win...
A Better Mousetrap
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Stories of people tackling old problems with creative solutions --- solutions that sometimes cause problems of their own. For instance, a mother doesn't want her...
