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January 01, 1990 - December 13, 2012 + This American Life
Pray
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Can the secular world and the religious world understand each other? We ask that question while visiting Colorado Springs, CO, where Pastor Ted Haggard at...
Rashomon
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Current events, told from varying perspectives. A Palestinian teenager explains why she still doesn't believe Muslims could have attacked the World Trade Center and the...
War Stories
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Decades of domestic peace and prosperity have left us unable to imagine what a war might be like. And yet, never in recent history has...
Before and After
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Stories in reaction to the tragedies at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the events since.
Stories of Loss
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In the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a collection of stories in which people try to make sense...
Americans In Paris
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For several generations, a certain kind of American has been drawn to Paris, pulled by a romantic vision of life in France. Writer David Sedaris...
2001 Summer Pledge Drive Special
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Special compilation of segments from past episodes, including Only One Thing Missing, Who Am I, The Day Mom and Dad Fell In Love, Baby Scientists...
Living the Dream
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While you and I sit at home eating melba toast, there are people out there living their dreams. We hear from boys who dreamed of...
Numbers
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Numbers lie. Numbers cover over complicated feelings and ambiguous situations. In this week's show, stories of people trying to use numbers to describe things that...
Dreamhouse
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What could be more American than wanting to build your dreamhouse? Meema Spadola's dad moved the family to Maine, intending to build his, by hand,...
Who's Canadian?
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Golden Calf
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Josh's idol was Willie Nelson. As a strange sort of tribute, he had his name listed with the phone company ...
Shoulda Been Dead
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Stories about people who thought they were about to die, and didn't, and what they learned from the experience.
From A Distance
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Stories of hero worship, of people admiring someone from afar, and trying to get closer to them. Includes a story of a woman who sees...
The Friendly Man
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A special program, featuring the greatest hits of long-time This American Life contributor, Scott Carrier,
whose stories have a beautiful, haunting quality, unlike anyone else on
the...