201: Them 12.07.2001
In a time of war, when we're all feeling a heightened sense of "us" and "them," we wanted to take up the problem of "them." Some people need a good "them." Other people tend to see all "thems" as ...
200: Hearts and Minds 11.30.2001
Of all the wars to win, perhaps the propaganda war is the hardest. In this show, we bring you stories of propaganda wars past and present, by those who fought them and those who survived them.
199: House on Loon Lake 11.16.2001
Our entire show this week is one long story, sort of a real-life Hardy Boys mystery. More than most of our shows, this one lends itself to a Hollywood-style tagline. Perhaps: "You Might Break ...
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People 11.02.2001
Stories of people climbing to be number one. How do they do it? What is the fundamental difference between us and them?
197: Before It Had A Name 10.26.2001
There's the time when you know something is happening, but you're not sure exactly what. The illness before it's diagnosed. The era, before it's been given a title. And something changes when the ...
196: Rashomon 10.05.2001
In the movie Rashomon, one story is told from four different points of view. The story changes dramatically depending on who's telling it. This week, the events of September 11th, and how their ...
195: War Stories 09.28.2001
In September 2001, we tried to sort out what the war in Afghanistan would be like, and what our lives would be like during this war.
193: Stories of Loss 09.14.2001
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 of loss.
192: Meet the Pros 08.31.2001
The story of one man's journey from obscurity to international professional celebrity—aided only by his own hard work, a sneaker commercial, and mad handles. And other stories of amateurs hurtling ...
190: Living the Dream 08.03.2001
There's a deep impulse in American culture that says that you can make yourself into anyone. Today, three stories about people who tried to do just that.
189: Hitler's Yacht 07.13.2001
Nearly this entire show is devoted to the story of the boat known as "Hitler's Yacht." It's a modern-day fable about what happens when the free market, the media, the World War II buffs, the ...
186: Prom 06.08.2001
While the seniors danced at Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas—a town of about 3,000—a tornado hit the town, destroying about a third of it. When they emerged from the dance, they discovered ...
182: Cringe 04.13.2001
Stories that make us cringe, and an investigation into just what, exactly, makes some stories capable of forcing this physical reaction out of us when other stories don't. We hear tales of ...
181: The Friendly Man 04.06.2001
A special show, composed entirely of stories from just one This American Life contributor: Scott Carrier, whose strange and compelling stories sound like nothing else on the radio.
179: Cicero 03.16.2001
The story in a way of a town that time forgot, or more accurately, a town that tried to forget the times. A special broadcast co-hosted by award-winning journalist Alex Kotlowitz, author of the ...
178: Superpowers 02.23.2001
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 invisibility? (Depends who ...
177: American Limbo 02.09.2001
Stories of people living completely outside the grid of American life. Americans in Paris. Chinese in America. West Virginians in treehouses. Mexican-Americans in Rochester.
176: Two Nations, One President 01.26.2001
In the wake of the 2001 election debacle in Florida, the two political halves of this country seemed angrier at each other than they had in decades. This week we bring you tales of that widening ...
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