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279: Auto Show 12.10.04
Stories about people who love their cars, for better or for worse.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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278: Spies Like Us 11.19.04
Stories about amateur spies—regular people who spy on other regular people, and the consequences of their spying.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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277: Apology 11.5.04
It's rare that a successful apology happens. One where you apologize to someone, not for selfish reasons, but because you're really sorry and you want them to know that, and when the person you're...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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276: Swing Set 10.29.04
A journey through the minds of undecided voters. For months—through the Swift Boat ads, the convention speeches, the debates—we tracked a few of these voters to find out why they just can't make up...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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275: Two Steps Back 10.15.04
Ten years ago, when he was still a reporter for NPR's All Things Considered, host Ira Glass did a year-long series on a Chicago public school where things were getting better. Test scores were rising.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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274: Enemy Camp '04 10.8.04
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273: Put Your Heart In It 9.24.04
Stories about people deciding whether to give it their all. There's one story about a person who hasn't, one story about someone who has—in a situation where success seems very unlikely—and one story...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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272: Big Tent 9.10.04
Stories of the Republican Party, America's new majority party. Yes, they're still just barely the majority in the Senate...and in the last Presidential race...and in state legislatures around the...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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271: Best Interests 8.20.04
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270: Family Legend 8.6.04
How, one might wonder, could a simple hunk of cheese drive a wedge between an aging aunt and her devoted niece? Sure, every family has its share of grudges, secrets and bad behavior.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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269: Someone to Watch Over Me 7.16.04
Letting someone else take care of you can change everything. Three stories of couples in which one partner is trying to take care of the other, sometimes with more resistance, sometimes with less.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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268: My Experimental Phase 6.25.04
Three stories about people who decide to try out a new life—the kind of life their parents never wanted for them.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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267: Propriety 6.11.04
Perhaps there was a time when the rules of polite society were clear. No longer. This week, we bring you stories of people forced to try to figure out how to maintain their dignity—and decency—in...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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266: I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help 6.4.04
Today's show is devoted to just one story. Contributing editor Nancy Updike went to Iraq to try to figure out what it's like to be a private citizen working in the middle of a war zone.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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265: Fake Science 5.21.04
Stories of people trying to drag science where it doesn't belong.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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264: Special Treatment 5.7.04
We love it when we get it, but is it ever really fair? A defense of special treatment, by people who receive it and people who give it.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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263: Desperate Measures 4.16.04
Stories of people stuck in unfixable situations who try desperate measures. Sometimes these are inventive, sometimes they're ingenious, sometimes they even work.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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262: Miracle Cures 4.2.04
People looking for miracle cures, some from above, others from abroad. A son tries to help his mom in a faraway place defy the laws of medical science. A daughter tries to help her dad by going to a...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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261: The Sanctity of Marriage 3.26.04
Stories trying to understand what actually happens in marriages during this time when the definition of marriage is up in the air. Music throughout the hour by a real wedding band, a good one: The...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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260: The Facts Don't Matter 3.12.04
There's what happened, and there's the story that gets told about what happened. Sometimes the two things don't match up very well. This week, two case examples—ripped, as they say, from today's...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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259: Promised Land 2.20.04
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 age gurus have done it. And now, on the radio, This American...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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258: Leaving the Fold 1.30.04
A popular, progressive politician becomes...a talk show host. One you've probably heard of. A group of nuns leave the Catholic Church...only to find themselves essentially, remaining nuns. These and...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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257: What I Should've Said 1.16.04
People return to the scene of the crime where they should have spoken clearly, plainly, forcefully...to review what the hell went wrong, and in a few cases, to fix it. Jonathan Goldstein tries to...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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256: Living Without 1.9.04
Stories of people living without. Nubar Alexanian explains what fish can do for him that his own ears cannot. Sarah Vowell explains the cheerful journalism of deprivation. And other stories.
