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January 01, 1990 - October 08, 2012 + This American Life
Parental Guidance Suggested
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Stories where kids actually want their parents to look out for them. When Gene Cheek was twelve, his mom was forced to make an impossible...
How We Talked Back Then
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In this show we return to two radio programs originally broadcast in 1996 and 1997. In one show, listeners came onstage with their letters, which...
Lockup
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Over two decades ago, not long after he got out of Texas prison for robbery, Ray Hill got a job at his local public radio...
Allure of Crime
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We think of crime as a kind of monolithic, menacing presence. But there are many kinds of crimes, and many kinds of criminals. Through our...
Fake I.D.
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Stories of people traveling under fake papers, false identities, not for power or personal gain, but for their own deeper personal reasons. A woman goes...
Neighbors
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When he was just a kid, Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart and his family visited the most famous neighbor in America --- Mr. Rogers --- at...
Mind Games
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An improv group decides that members of an unknown band playing their first New York gig ought to think they're a smash hit. So they...
Superpowers
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We answer the following questions about superpowers. Can superheroes be real people? (No.) Can real people become superheroes? (Maybe.) And which is better, flight or...
Habeas Schmabeas
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The right of habeas corpus has been a part of this country's legal tradition longer than we've actually been a country. It means the government...
This American Life Pledge Drive Special
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This American Life Pledge Drive Special
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My Big Break
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Getting your big break isn't always what it's cracked up to be. And blowing it isn't always such a bad thing, either. A comedy duo...
Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
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A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple...
The 'This American Life' Holiday Spectacular
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Join us as we oust those boring Christmas stories of yore. This year we bring you brand new holiday fables from David Sedaris, David Rakoff,...
Heretics
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The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, an evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His church, Higher Dimensions, was once one of the biggest in the city,...
