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January 01, 1990 - June 13, 2012 + This American Life
Another Frightening Show about the Economy
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Alex Blumberg and NPR's Adam Davidson —- the two guys who reported our Giant Pool of Money
episode —- are back. They'll explain what happened this...
Going Big
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080927going_big
Stories about people who take grand, sweeping approaches to solving problems of all sorts.
Enforcers
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Three guys who go by the names Professor So and So, Jojobean and
YeaWhatever spend part of each day running elaborate cons on Internet
scammers. They consider...
Something for Nothing
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Stories of people trying to get rich quick, or otherwise make something for nothing. As everyone knows, there's no such thing as something for nothing....
Got You Pegged
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080823got_you_pegged
Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, and suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter—and sets out...
Best of This American Life
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080816best_of_this_america
A special pledge drive edition featuring a selection of favorite features from the past few months.
Special Pledge Drive Edition
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A special pledge drive edition featuring a selection of favorite features from the past few months.
You Can Choose Your Family
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On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in
small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went
home with the...
The Spokesman
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080802the_spokesman
Stories of what can happen when you go from being a private person to a public face.
Life after Death
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080719life_after_death
Stories of people haunted by guilt over their role in others' deaths, even when everyone agrees they're
blameless...
By Proxy
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080705by_proxy
Robert had a bad reputation as a kid who didn't do his schoolwork and had little respect for adults. But his best friend, Lilly, thought...
A Little Bit of Knowledge
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080712a_little_bit_of_know
Bob
Berenz had a good job as an electrician. But he wanted to do something bigger.
He came up with an idea for an invention....
Duty Calls
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080621duty_calls
Josh's mother and younger brother were a mess. His mother drank too much. His brother got arrested a lot. Josh hadn't lived with them since...
Social Engineering
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080628social_engineering
Governments are always looking for ways to change behavior—stopping
people from driving drunk, or encouraging them to recycle. This week,
we have stories of social engineering on...
The Truth Will Out
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta080614the_truth_will_out
Does the truth always come out? Of course not! Though sometimes it comes out in the most uncomfortable ways imaginable...
