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January 01, 1990 - November 17, 2012 + This American Life
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Breakthrough
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An cancer researcher says urges colleagues to think outside the box to find a cure. A former teacher has something way out of the box...
Middle School
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This week, at the suggestion of a 14-year-old listener, we bring you stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school....
Red State Blue State
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Everyone knows that politics is so divided in our country that, not only do the two sides disagree on the solutions to the country's problems,...
Remember Me
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Stories about people who are remembered very differently than they'd wished...
Getting Away with It
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Why risk breaking the rules? Because you might get away with it...
24 Hours at the Golden Apple
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The This American Life producers document one day in a Chicago diner called The Golden Apple, starting at 5am and going until 5am the next...
What Doesn't Kill You
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Stories of how people cope after brushes with death. Sometimes death comes as a disease. Sometimes it swims up and bites you. And sometimes...
Send a Message
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Messages in code, over the phone, and from beyond the grave...
The Incredible Case of the P.I. Moms
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What do you get when you take a private investigation firm, toss in sexy soccer moms, and add sponsorship from Glock firearms, a lying boss,...
Back to School
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Just what are we teaching our kids? What’s missing? The answer involves Simon Says, marshmallows, rats — and research that could be reshaping the way...
The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar
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In 1912 a four year-old boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing in a swamp
in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found in the hands of...
Our Friend David
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Favorite stories by our longtime contributor and friend David Rakoff. (Note that the podcast and streaming versions contain unbeeped words that could not play on...
Loopholes
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Stories of people acting on a technicality in the face of some of life's toughest regulators: financial regulators, parents and God.
Special Pledge Drive Edition
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Excerpts from the best of the show...
