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January 01, 1990 - December 13, 2012 + This American Life

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...

The Convert

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When an eager new convert to a mosque in Orange County, California starts acting odd and saying strange things, his friends got suspicious.

Special Ed

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Stories about people who were told that they're different. Some of them were comfortable with it. Some didn't understand it. And some understood, but didn't...

Show Me the Way

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Stories about people in trouble, who look for help in mystifying places.

Amusement Park

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We head to some of the happiest places on Earth...

Hiding in Plain Sight

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Sometimes when something happens right under your nose, it's even harder to notice than if it were happening in secret. Stories of people using that...

Long Shot

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Stories of people betting on something with very bad odds, mostly because they have no other choice...

Switcheroo

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People pretending to be people they're not: sometimes it's harmless, sometimes it's harmful and sometimes it's hard to tell....

Americans in China

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It used to be that the American expats in China were the big shots. But much of that has changed. What's it like to be...

Go Ask Your Father

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Sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father. The answers aren't always what they hope...

Blackjack

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Stories about the casino game everyone incorrectly thinks they can beat...

Crime Scene

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Every crime scene hides a story. In this week's show, we hear about crime scenes and the stories they tell.

What Happened at Dos Erres

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In 1982, Guatemala’s military wiped a tiny village off the map. In 2012, a man in the US learned that 2 boys had been abducted...