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305: The This American Life Holiday Spectacular 12.23.05
A full-throttle, show-stopping, no-holds-barred Christmas Spectacular! Shedding the crusty old Christmas stories of yore, we bring you new holiday classics. With special musical guest Marah!- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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304: Heretics 12.16.05
The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who cast aside the idea of Hell, and with it everything he'd worked for over his entire life.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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303: David and Goliath 12.2.05
Variations on an old tale, with very modern consequences. Cambodia is competing with other nations for the business of big clothing companies all over the world...but they've vowed to follow fair...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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302: Strangers in a Strange Land 11.18.05
Someone once said, "If you're not willing to be changed by a place, there's no point in going." This week, stories about what happens when you land in a whole new world.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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301: Settling the Score 11.11.05
Stories about the lengths we go to make things right, and about what money can and cannot fix.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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300: What's In A Number? 10.28.05
About a year ago, a study estimated the number of Iraqi casualties since the war began at 100,000 dead—higher than any other estimate. The study was mostly ignored. Alex Blumberg revisits that study...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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299: Back from the Dead 10.7.05
Stories about people and places that have come back to life after everything seemed lost.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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298: Getting and Spending 9.23.05
How far will we go to get money? And once we've got it, what should we spend it on? The first half of this show is on making money, and the second half on spending it.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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297: This Is Not My Beautiful House 9.16.05
It's the largest mass resettlement that America has seen since the Civil War, as over 400,000 people—victims of Hurricane Katrina—try to find a new place to live. From the Houston Astrodome to an...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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296: After the Flood 9.9.05
Surprising stories from survivors in New Orleans. We give people who were in the storm more time than daily news coverage can to tell their stories and talk about what they're thinking. This leads to...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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295: Not What I Signed Up For 8.26.05
Stories about being sucked into something against your will. In one story, a 9/11 widow finds herself having to comfort another distraught woman on national TV. And in a story by Nick Hornby, a boy...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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294: Image Makers 8.5.05
Stories of people and institutions who are worried about what the world thinks of them, and who take action...decisive action.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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293: A Little Bit of Knowledge 7.22.05
Stories about the pitfalls of knowing just a little bit too little.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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292: The Arms Trader 7.8.05
The U.S. government spent two years on a sting operation trapping an Indian man named Hemant Lakhani, whom they suspected of being an illegal arms dealer. It's one of the few cases that has gone to...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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291: Reunited (And It Feels So Good) 7.1.05
Stories about getting back together with your spouse, your country, your...Brahman bull. And how it never goes the way you think it's going to.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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290: Godless America 6.3.05
At a time when House Majority Leader Tom Delay calls for enacting a "Biblical world view" in government, when Christians are asserting their ideals in the selection of judges, in public school...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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289: Go Ask Your Father 5.13.05
In this show, sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father. The answers aren't always what they hope for.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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288: Not What I Meant 5.6.05
Stories about how easy it is for communication to go awry, and what the consequences can be after it does.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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287: Backed Into A Corner 4.15.05
Stories about people who end up making choices they'd rather not make, when their options begin to run out. Sometimes this works out great; sometimes not so great.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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286: Mind Games 4.8.05
Stories of people who try simple mind games on others, and then find themselves way in over their heads.- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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285: Know Your Enemy 3.25.05
Stories about trying to understand who's on your side. The defense mnister of Israel visits would-be suicide bombers in prison, only to find out that in at least one case, he feels sorry for the...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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284: Should I Stay or Should I Go? 3.11.05
Stories about people teetering on the edge of this question: Should they stay or go? A software writer loses his job, but refuses to go away. He continues to show up at work, sneaking in the door...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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283: Remember Me 2.25.05
Stories about people who are remembered very differently than they'd wished. The ghost of a kindly, distinguished philanthropist supposedly plays pranks on guests at a Ramada hotel in Fond du Lac,...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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282: DIY 2.11.05
After four lawyers fail to get an innocent man out of prison, his friend takes on the case himself. He becomes a do-it-yourself investigator. He learns to read court records, he tracks down hard-to-...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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281: My Big Break 1.21.05
Sometimes, getting your big break isn't all it's cracked up to be. A comedy duo lands the gig that can make them famous—the Ed Sullivan Show at the height of Sullivan's popularity—and they bomb. A...- You must be logged in to access these features. Login / Register
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280: In Country 1.7.05
What life is like for American soldiers in Iraq.
