12.15.06
A Muslim woman persuades her husband that their family would be happier if they left the West Bank and moved to America. They do, and...
11.3.06
Recently, the British medical journal The Lancet published an study which updated their estimate of the number of Iraqis who've...
10.27.06
For Halloween, scary stories that are all true. Kidnappings, zombie raccoons, haunted houses—real haunted houses!—and things that go "EEEEK...
10.6.06
A family wishes for years that they could do something to stop their neighbor's shocking behavior. Suddenly they get the power to...
9.15.06
Stories of unconditional love between parents and children, and how hard love can be sometimes in daily practice.
8.18.06
True stories that follow the plotline of the old kid's song "The Cat Came Back." It's the simplest plot in the world: something you...
7.21.06
Original stories from David Sedaris, Jonathan Goldstein, and others, on two animals who don't even seem like they should know each other,...
6.23.06
A grown man tries to get to the bottom of why his schoolmates threw him in a lake 20 years earlier. And a woman buys a house on the cheap,...
5.19.06
Stories about kids who actually want their parents looking out for them.
5.12.06
In this show we return to two radio programs originally broadcast in 1996 and 1997. In one show, listeners came onstage with their letters...
4.14.06
Stories about people trying to find new solutions to age-old problems—solutions that sometimes cause problems of their own.
3.10.06
Winner of a 2006 Peabody Award. We've also broadcast an updated version of this episode, "Habeas Schmabeas 2007."Listen to a special, uncut...
2.24.06
Stories about the kinds of chase games that just never end. From the high California desert to a high-end furniture showroom.
2.10.06
In honor of Valentine's Day, This American Life brings you stories of how love blossoms, even when (perhaps) it shouldn't.
2.3.06
Stories that take place on the edge of civilization, just out of sight.
1.13.06
A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery...
