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January 01, 1990 - December 13, 2012 + This American Life
Backstage at The Onion
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They start with over 600 potential headlines for their fake-news newspaper each week, and over the course of two days, in the very tough room...
The Invention of Money
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It seems like a basic question: What is money? We go deep into the bowels of one of the most secretive and powerful institutions in...
Comedians of Christmas Comedy Special
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The holidays are stressful so we booked a holiday pick-me-up: an hour of comedy.
Scenes from a Mall
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This American Life spends several days in a mall in suburban Tennessee, not only to find out what people are buying in this grim financial...
Poultry Slam 2003
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During the period of the year with the highest turkey consumption, we bring you an annual This American Life tradition: Stories of turkeys, chickens, geese,...
Toxie
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In January 2010, two reporters from Planet Money bought a toxic asset — you know, the things that blew up wall street banks, sank the...
This Party Sucks
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A show for this year's mid-term elections. Two best friends in Michigan, both political novices, get tired of yelling at their TV's and take matters...
Iraq after US
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Operation Iraqi Freedom is over. And the next chapter of Iraq is being written now. But what actually happened there the last seven years? Producer...
Crybabies
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Crybabies are annoying. They whine, they complain, and sometimes they ruin it for the rest of us. But the thing is, being a crybaby can...
Promised Land
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For millenia, people have tried to reach a spiritual promised land by fasting. Jesus did it. The Buddha did it. Monks and saints and new...
Georgia Rambler
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In the 1970's a reporter named Charles Salter wrote a column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called "Georgia Rambler." He traveled to towns all over the...
Social Contract
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Richard Ravitch has been drafted to help fix three governmental crises, including when New York City nearly went bankrupt in 1975. Why is it so...
Island Time
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Unprecedented amounts of money have been pledged to Haitian relief in the last few months. American households have given over $1 billion and in March,...
The Bridge
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One of China's most famous bridges is known for two things: its massive size, and its high suicide rate. This week, one reporter's trip to...
True Urban Legends
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Can a rat crawl through your plumbing and end up in your toilet? Can your cell phone give you a brain tumor? And, perhaps most...
