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January 01, 1990 - October 07, 2012 + This American Life
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
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta060415a_better_mousetrap
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...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
