Search Results
541 Search Results found for:
January 01, 1990 - November 20, 2012 + This American Life
My Pen Pal
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040918my_pen_pal
Sarah York, from northern Michigan, became General Manuel Noriega's pen pal in 1988. This, and stories of other very unusual pen pals.
Big Tent
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040911big_tent
Republicans are on the march at every level of state, local and federal government. But a majority party has to also be an inclusive party....
Roadtrip!
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040904roadtrip
With all the American movies and songs and books about the joy of the open road, it's hard for an American to just take a...
Best Interests
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040821best_interests
How do you know what's best for someone else - especially when that someone else is a little kid? When Georgia Norman, a three-and-a-half year...
This American Life Pledge Drive Special
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040814this_american_life_p
This week's special edition of This American Life features segments from past programs My Experimental Phase, Promised Land and a portion of David Sedaris' CD...
Act V
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040724act_v
Since 1999, a group of inmates at a high-security prison outside St. Louis have been performing Shakespeare's Hamlet for fellow inmates and outside visitors. Hamlet...
Someone to Watch Over Me
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040717someone_to_watch_ove
Susie and John moved to their farm just two years ago. But when John got sick for a while, people who were no more than...
Lost in America
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040619lost_in_america
Stories of people who are lost, histories that are lost, and things that are lost. Sarah Vowell tells the lost story behind a patriotic song,...
Propriety
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040612propriety
Once upon a time there were clear rules for the right things to do and the right things to say. These days, it's not so...
Prom
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040529prom
Tales from what is often the most eagerly anticipated and bitterly disappointing night of high school, including Susan Burton's story of what happened on Prom...
Fake Science
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040522fake_science
Stories of people trying to drag science where it doesn't belong. Jake Warga attempts to record the voices of the dead in a "haunted" cemetery....
Special Treatment
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040508special_treatment
We love it when we get it, but is it ever really fair? Is trying to get it worth it? This week, The U.S. Medical...
Testosterone
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040501testosterone
A lot of stuff gets attributed to this one little hormone. We hear stories of its actual power, from people who would know. A man...
Desperate Measures
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040417desperate_measures
Stories of people and places at rock bottom, and the ingenious ways they try to turn things around. A town in Pennsylvania decides taking in...
My Two Cents
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ta/ta040410my_two_cents
A machine was supposed to revolutionize the beverage business. It dispensed chilled off-brand soda into reusable two-liter bottles for a fraction of the cost of...
