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January 01, 1990 - October 07, 2012 + This American Life
Wanna-be Detectives
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Stories about armchair sleuths - and a real one. Act one: Writer David Sedaris recalls how his mother and older sister believed they could solve...
Teenaged Girls
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Stories of teenaged girls struggling in situations where the rules are unclear. Act one: Chicago writer Rennie Sparks on two teenaged girls at the shopping...
Nothing
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As the Chicago Bulls swept through the winningest season in NBA history, a dispatch from a town gone Bulls-crazy. Act one: Chicagoans tell dreams they've...
Quitting
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Act one: A visit with New York writer Evan Harris, co-creater of "Quitters Quarterly" and author of "The Quit," who at some point decided that...
Double Lives
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Act one: Writer Susan Bergman talks about her father's double life. He was a strictly religious family man, who secretly had dozens of gay lovers....
Drama Bug
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Host Ira Glass attends rehearsals for a high school play. Writer David Sedaris recalls getting the drama bug as a teenager in North Carolina. (At...
Adult Children
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Act one: Host Ira Glass talks with his mom about a seminar she led for mothers who are disappointed in their grown children. Act two:...
Rich Guys
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Act One: Michael Lewis (the author of *Liars Poker* and other books) reads from his campaign diaries documenting the rise and fall of Republican millionaire...
Dawn
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Act One: Journalist Jack Hitt's epic story of the transvestite who lived down the street from him as a boy in Charleston South Carolina, and...
Accidental Documentaries
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This show is three odd documentary stories built out of old tapes, found in thrift stores and attics. Act one: A "letter on tape" found...
