This American Life

People go on missions to save young girls from danger. But sometimes they get so caught up in the mission that it overshadows the girl herself.

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July 5, 2019

The Wannabes

This country is crawling in presidential candidates right now and they're bumping into each other in Des Moines and yelling over each other in Miami.

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June 28, 2019

Mistakes Were Made

Freezing dead people so scientists can reanimate them in the future is a lot harder than it sounds.

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June 21, 2019

Random Acts of History

Stories about people who accidentally bump into unsettling facts of history.

“When I’m trying to explain our program to someone who doesn’t know it, I stammer a bunch of words like ‘entertaining,’ ‘funny,’ ‘surprising plot twists,’ ‘true stories but not boring I swear’ … and then I just give them this list.” — Ira Glass

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