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202: Faith 12.21.01
Stories of faith: losing it, talking about it, constructing it, and working within it.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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201: Them 12.7.01
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...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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200: Hearts and Minds 11.30.01
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.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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199: House on Loon Lake 11.16.01
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 In......- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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198: How to Win Friends and Influence People 11.2.01
Stories of people climbing to be number one. How do they do it? What is the fundamental difference between us and them?- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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197: Before It Had A Name 10.26.01
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...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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196: Rashomon 10.5.01
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...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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195: War Stories 9.28.01
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.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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194: Before and After 9.21.01
Stories in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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193: Stories of Loss 9.14.01
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.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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192: Meet the Pros 8.31.01
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...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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191: I Know What You Did This Summer 8.17.01
Stories for the stultifying, torpor-inducing, hottest heat of summer.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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190: Living the Dream 8.3.01
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.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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189: Hitler's Yacht 7.13.01
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 Neo-...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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188: Kid Logic 6.22.01
Stories of kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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187: Father's Day '01 6.15.01
For Father's Day, stories of dads who are utterly human in scale.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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186: Prom 6.8.01
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 what...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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185: Golden Calf 5.25.01
Stories of people worshiping false idols...and if that's always a bad thing.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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184: Neighbors 5.11.01
Stories of people trying to love their neighbors...and failing.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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183: The Missing Parents Bureau 4.20.01
Stories about the legacy of absent parents. We hear four cases from the files of the Missing Parents Bureau.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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182: Cringe 4.13.01
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 personal...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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181: The Friendly Man 4.6.01
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.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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180: Return to Childhood 3.23.01
Stories of people who try to revisit their childhoods. What they find. And what they do not find.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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179: Cicero 3.16.01
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 books...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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178: Superpowers 2.23.01
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 you...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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177: American Limbo 2.9.01
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.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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176: Two Nations, One President 1.26.01
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 rift...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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175: Babysitting 1.5.01
Stories of babysitters, and what goes on while mom and dad are away that mom and dad never find out about.
