12.29.00
Birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones of all sorts...and how they mean something whether we want them to or not. A live show taped for...
12.15.00
A story of self-deception, a story about deceiving others, and a story about accidental deception. And how one type of deception can easily...
11.17.00
The This American Life producers document one day in a Chicago diner called The Golden Apple, starting at 5 a.m. and going until 5 a.m. the...
11.3.00
Stories for the eve of the Presidential election, in which we try to evade, sidestep or look beneath the candidates' soundbites.
10.13.00
We live in a big enough country that there are lots of laws too obscure for most of us to have heard of...but which actually affect tens of...
9.29.00
We as a nation declared our independence based on, among other things, the right to pursue our happiness. But what does it mean, over two...
9.15.00
There are all sorts of situations in which we suspect the fix is in, but we almost never find out for certain. On today's show, for once,...
9.8.00
Stories of people who are engaged in something that's both difficult and probably futile: Trying to control how they'll be seen by...
8.11.00
Three stories that consider the question: Does anyone's family ever change?
7.28.00
Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, notions which probably trace back to the 1920s vision of Paris created by the...
7.7.00
Every crime scene hides a story. In this week's show, we hear about crime scenes and the stories they tell.
6.30.00
Stories of a typically American kind of hero: The person who decides to fight city hall, who stands up alone for what's right, and damn the...
6.23.00
Stories of people who did not want to move but circumstance forced their hands, and so they tried to move without really moving.
6.2.00
Imagine that you could somehow look down from above, onto all the streets and avenues and country roads and highways of this nation...each...
5.19.00
In context of the Presidential contest between George H. W. Bush and Al Gore, we hear stories of character assassination...political and...
5.5.00
The pleasure of being in a rampaging, angry mob...and the terror of being in a rampaging, angry mob.
4.14.00
All those people you see in the middle of the workday, in coffee shops and bookstores? Who are they? Why aren't they at work?
3.31.00
Usually This American Life brings you stories of people in the middle of big experiences. But sometimes these moments...
3.17.00
Stories of people who tell a lie and then believe the lie more than anyone else does. In other words: Stories about people pulling hoaxes...
3.10.00
Stories of dogs and cats and other animals that live in our homes. Exactly how much are they caught up in everyday family dynamics? We...
2.11.00
Stories of love in its earliest stage. Crushes: what's terrible about them, what's great about them and how they can overshadow real love...
1.28.00
Today's program is made all of stories from the New Hampshire primary. Voters want to find a candidate who inspires them. Candidates want...
1.21.00
Stories of kids trying to act like adults—some by choice—some because they're forced to.
1.14.00
In the hospital, we give up our normal schedule and sleep patterns; we give up our normal food and clothing; we're in a place that has its...
