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January 01, 1990 - December 13, 2012 + This American Life
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,...
Mob
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The mob as portrayed in movies, and as it is in real life. And its hold over us. Danny Toro, a member of a Chicago...
David and Goliath
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Cambodia's the only poor country in the world that's agreed to follow strict labor practices in their clothing factories (eliminating sweatshops for workers). This makes...
New Beginnings: Ten Years of This American Life
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This week we celebrate our tenth anniversary as a radio show with a look back to our very first episode. It's never been broadcast outside...
Strangers In a Strange Land
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Someone once said, "if you're not willing to be changed by a place, there's no point in going." This week, stories about what happens when...
Settling the Score
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The daughter of a Holocaust survivor travels to Poland to meet the family that saved her mother's life. They were still in the building they'd...
Teenage Embed, Part Two
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In early 2003, we first brought you the audio diaries of a California teenager, Hyder Akbar, who traveled to Afghanistan, his family's homeland, for the...
